AuAg Nanoparticles Grafted on TiO₂@N-Doped Porous Carbon: Improved Depletion of Ciprofloxacin under Visible Light through Plasmonic Photocatalysis.

ABSTRACT: TiO₂ nanoparticles (NPs) were modified to obtain photocatalysts with different composition sophistication and displaying improved visible light activity. All of them were evaluated in the photodegradation of ciprofloxacin. The band gap of TiO₂ NPs was successfully tailored by the formation of an N-doped porous carbon (NPC)-TiO₂ nanohybrid through the pyrolysis of melamine at 600 °C, leading to a slight red-shift of the absorption band edge for nanohybrid NPC-TiO₂ 1. In addition, the in-situ formation and grafting of plasmonic AuAg NPs at the surface of NPC sheets and in close contact with TiO₂ NPs leads to AuAg-NPC-TiO₂ nanohybrids 2-3. These nanohybrids showed superior photocatalytic performance for t

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Salcedo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9329855 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature