Biosynthesis of TiO₂/CuO and Its Application for the Photocatalytic Removal of the Methylene Blue Dye.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we successfully synthesized a TiO₂/CuO nanocomposite using the aqueous extract of Impatiens tinctoria A.rich. leaf extract as a capping, reducing, and stabilizing agent for the first time in an environmentally friendly, low-cost, straightforward, and sustainable technique. Numerous characterization techniques such as ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis-DRS), photoluminescence (PL), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and high resolution TEM (HRTEM) were used to characterize the obtained TiO₂/CuO nanocomposite. XRD verified that the TiO

SUBMITTER: Yitagesu GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465261 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature