TiO₂ nanofibres decorated with green-synthesized P_Au/Ag@CQDs for the efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes and pharmaceutical drugs.

ABSTRACT: Organic pollutants such as dyes and pharmaceutical drugs have become an environmental menace, particularly in water bodies owing to their unregulated discharge. It is thus required to develop an economically viable and environment-friendly approach for their degradation in water bodies. In this study, for the first time, we report green route-synthesized plasmonic nanostructures (P_M-CQDs (where M: Au and Ag)) decorated onto TiO₂ nanofibers for the treatment of toxic dye- and pharmaceutical drug-based wastewater. P_M-CQDs are efficaciously synthesized using carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as the sole reducing and capping agent, wherein CQDs are derived via a green synthesis approach from Citrus limetta waste. The characteristic electron-donating prop

SUBMITTER: Thakur A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9050055 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature