TITLE:
Comparative Organics Remediation Properties of Nanostructured Graphene Doped Titanium Oxide and Graphene Doped Zinc Oxide Photocatalysts
AUTHORS:
Srikanth Gunti, Ashok Kumar, Manoj K. Ram
KEYWORDS:
Nanostructures, Organic Compounds, Sol-Gel Growth, Visible and Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Oxides
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Analytical Chemistry,
Vol.6 No.8,
July
30,
2015
ABSTRACT: In
recent years, we have accomplished effective organics remediation using
titanium oxide (TiO2) doped transition metals, zinc oxide (ZnO)
nanowires and silver & palladium doped ZnO nanowires. The present
manuscript displays the advantage of organic remediation in both UV and visible
radiation using graphene (G) doped TiO2 nanoparticles, G doped ZnO
nanowires. The nanostructured G-TiO2 nanoparticles and G-ZnO
nanowires were synthesized using sol-gel and hydrothermal methods. The
nanostructured materials were characterized using scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD), procedures. The remediation of organic compounds
(naphthalene, methyl orange) in water was achieved under both UV and visible
radiation using graphene doped nanostructured photocatalytic materials. The
advantage of graphene doped ZnO nanowires as well as G-TiO2 nanoparticles has revealed organics remediation in both UV and visible
radiation of light.