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Improving the photocatalytic performance of cobalt-doped titania nanosheets by induced oxygen vacancies for efficient degradation of organic pollutants.

Alhindawy, I. G., Elshehy, E. A., Youssef, A. O., Abdelwahab, S. M., Zaher, A. A., El-Said, W. A., Mira, H. I. and Abdelkader, A. M., 2022. Improving the photocatalytic performance of cobalt-doped titania nanosheets by induced oxygen vacancies for efficient degradation of organic pollutants. Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects, 31, 100888.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2022.100888

Abstract

Photocatalytic degradation using Co3O4-TiO2-based catalysts has shown promising results in removing organic and inorganic pollutants under UV light. Introducing defects is believed to increase the charge carrier mobility and the coordinatively active sites that are usually also catalytically active sites, leading to improvement of the catalytic performance. In this work, a nanostructure based on interconnected cobalt-doped titanium dioxide thin nanosheets has been carefully designed. We engineered defects in the oxygen sites by partial carbothermal reduction, which enhanced the photocatalytic performance of the prepared nanostructure. The degradation of methyl orange as a model for organic pollutants was studied. The results proved that the designed photocatalyst could remove methyl orange fully under UV light within a few minutes and an initial concentration of up to 200 mg/l.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:2352-5088
Uncontrolled Keywords:Nanomaterials; Composites; Titanium oxide; Photocatalytic degradation; Two-dimensional materials; Methyl orange
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:37971
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:11 Jan 2023 07:08
Last Modified:02 Jul 2024 01:08

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