Ping, Feng Lim and Kah, Hon Leong and Lan, Ching Sim and Azrina, Abd Aziz and Saravanan, Pichiah (2018) Amalgamation of N-graphene quantum dots with nanocubic like TiO2: an insight study of sunlight sensitive photocatalysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1614-7499. (Submitted) (Submitted)
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Abstract
In this work, a sunlight-sensitive photocatalyst of nanocubic-like titanium dioxide (TiO2) and N-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) is developed through a simple hydrothermal and physical mixing method. The successful amalgamation composite photocatalyst characteristics were comprehensively scrutinized through various physical and chemical analyses. A complete removal of bisphenol A (BPA) is attained by a synthesized composite after 30 min of sunlight irradiation as compared to pure TiO2. This clearly proved the unique contribution of N-GQDs that enhanced the ability of light harvesting especially under visible light and near-infrared region. This superior characteristic enables it to maximize the absorbance in the entire solar spectrum. However, the increase of N-GQDs weight percentage has created massive oxygen vacancies that suppress the generation of active radicals. This resulted in a longer duration for a complete removal of BPA as compared to lower weight percentage of N-GQDs. Hence, this finding can offer a new insight in developing effective sunlight-sensitive photocatalysts for various complex organic pollutants degradation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | N-Graphene quantum dots; Nanocubic-like TiO2; Bisphenol A; Sunlight; Visible light; Near Infrared |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Engineering Technology |
| Depositing User: | PM. Dr. Azrina Abd Aziz |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2019 08:59 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2019 08:59 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23729 |
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