Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Publisher : Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Source : Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 12, Number 10, p.7963-7967 (2012)
Keywords : Au nanoparticle, Average fiber diameters, Charge separations, Electrospinning, Electrospun fibers, Electrospuns, Fibers, Fibrous material, Gold, Interfaces (materials), Internal interfaces, Nano-Au particles, Nanoparticles, Photo-catalytic, Photocatalysis, Photocatalytic activities, Photocatalytic performance, Plasmonic, Plasmons, Schottky barrier diodes, Schottky barriers, TiO, Titanium dioxide, Ultra-violet, UV irradiation, Visible spectroscopy
Campus : Kochi
School : Center for Nanosciences
Center : Nanosciences
Department : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Year : 2012
Abstract : The present study demonstrates an original approach by which Au nanoparticles (∼10 nm) are embedded into TiO2 fibers via electrospinning. The photocatalytic performance of the resultant fibrous material was studied and related to the architecture and the nature of the internal interfaces in the composite. It was found that embedment of nano Au particles into the TiO2 fiber significantly improved the photocatalytic performance as compared to non-embedded ones. Electrospun fibers with the Au nanoparticles (∼10 nm) showed an average fiber diameter of ∼380 nm. The photocatalytic studies of Au embedded TiO2 fibers using ultra-violet (UV) visible spectroscopy showed ∼35% increase in photocatalytic activity when compared to the TiO2 fibers without the Au nanoparticles after 7 hrs of UV irradiation. This increase in photocatalysis was attributed to the ability of Au to increase charge separation in TiO 2 and also to the ability of Au to transfer plasmonic energy to the dye. Copyright © 2012 American Scientific Publishers. All rights reserved.
Cite this Research Publication : A. A. Madhavan, Kumar, G. G., Kalluri, S., Joseph, J., Nagarajan, S., Nair, S., Subramanian, K. R. V., and Balakrishnan, A., “Effect of embedded plasmonic au nanoparticles on photocatalysis of electrospun TiO2 nanofibers”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 12, pp. 7963-7967, 2012.