Hydrothermally Grown Globosa-like TiO2 Nanostructures for Effective Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and LPG Sensing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Materials Characteristics
2.2. Photocatalytic Degradation of MB Dye
2.3. LPG Sensing
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Hydrothermal Synthesis of GTNs
3.3. Characterization
3.4. Photocatalytic Dye Degradation of MB Dye
3.5. LPG Sensing
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalysts | Light Source/Dye | Degradation Time | Dye Degradation (%) | References |
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MoO3/TiO2/5%rGO | UV light/MB | 60 min | 95% | [40] |
Fe2O3/TiO2 | UV light/MB | 60 min | 95% | [41] |
Cu-CdS | Xe light/MB | 260 min | 89% | [42] |
Ag doped ZnO | 500 W halogen lamp/MB | 200 min | 95% | [43] |
ZnO-CNT | UV light/MB | 120 min | 93% | [44] |
SnO2 nanotubes | UV light/MB | 180 min | 80.2% | [45] |
TiO2 nanorods | UV light/MB | 330 min | 96% | [46] |
TiO2 decorated CNT | UV light/MB | 180 min | 85% | [47] |
TiO2 | UV light/MB | 180 min | 40% | [47] |
Degussa p25 | Solar light/MB | 120 min | 57% | [48] |
Globosa like TiO2 nanostructures (GTNs) | UV light/MB | 160 min | 91% | Present work |
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Rao, M.S.; Rakesh, B.; Ojha, G.P.; Sakthivel, R.; Pant, B.; Sankaran, K.J. Hydrothermally Grown Globosa-like TiO2 Nanostructures for Effective Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and LPG Sensing. Molecules 2024, 29, 4063. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174063
Rao MS, Rakesh B, Ojha GP, Sakthivel R, Pant B, Sankaran KJ. Hydrothermally Grown Globosa-like TiO2 Nanostructures for Effective Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and LPG Sensing. Molecules. 2024; 29(17):4063. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174063
Chicago/Turabian StyleRao, Mutcha Shanmukha, Benadict Rakesh, Gunendra Prasad Ojha, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Bishweshwar Pant, and Kamatchi Jothiramalingam Sankaran. 2024. "Hydrothermally Grown Globosa-like TiO2 Nanostructures for Effective Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and LPG Sensing" Molecules 29, no. 17: 4063. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174063