Natural Cotton Cellulose-Supported TiO₂ Quantum Dots for the Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes.

ABSTRACT: The artificial photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants has emerged as a promising approach to purifying the water environment. The core issue of this ongoing research is to construct efficient but easily recyclable photocatalysts without quadratic harm. Here, we report an eco-friendly photocatalyst with in situ generated TiO₂ quantum dots (TQDs) on natural cotton cellulose (CC) by a simple one-step hydrothermal method. The porous fine structure and abundant hydroxyl groups control the shape growth and improve the stability of nanoparticles, making natural CC suitable for TQDs. The TQDs/CC photocatalyst was synthesized without the chemical modification of the TQDs. FE-SEM and TEM results showed that 5-6 nm TQDs are uniformly decorated on the CC surface. The long-term sta

SUBMITTER: Shen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9504825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature