Hydrothermally activated TiO₂ nanoparticles with a C-dot/g-C₃N₄ heterostructure for photocatalytic enhancement.

ABSTRACT: Dye degradation via photocatalysis technology has been investigated intensively to tackle environmental issues and energy crisis concerns. In this study, a newly designed ternary photocatalyst was facilely prepared by a simple one-pot hydrothermal process by directly mixing TiO₂ nanoparticles with carbon dots (C-dots) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄). The optimized precursor treatments and heterostructure components show significantly enhanced photodegradation activity towards organic dyes Rhodamine B (RhB) and methylene blue (MB). Excellent photocatalytic activities were achieved owing to the better attachment of anatase-type TiO₂ nanoparticle-aggregations to the C-dots/g-C₃N₄ (CC) nanocomposite, which impressiv

SUBMITTER: Chen ZY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419518 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature