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Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Publisher : International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Source : International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 38, Number 11, p.4324-4333 (2013)
Keywords : Aromatic compounds, Conversion efficiency, Dye degradation, Electrospinning, Hybrid nanostructures, Hybrid structure, Hydrogen, Hydrogen Energy, Hydrogen production, Kinetic constant, Methylene Blue, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN), Nanostructures, Photocatalysis, Photocatalytic activities, Photocatalytic hydrogen, Sol-gels, Titanium dioxide
Campus : Kochi
School : Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Center for Nanosciences
Center : Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine Move, Nanosciences
Department : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Year : 2013
Abstract : MWCNT-TiO2 hybrid nanostructures are prepared using sol-gel and electrospinning followed by post annealing of as-spun nanofibers at 450°C per 1 h in air. These hybrid nanostructures composed of MWCNTs varied from 0 to 20% (w/w) and are characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, and FT-IR analysis. MWCNT-TiO2 hybrid structures are utilized in commercially available Methylene blue (MB) dye degradation and found that 2% of MWCNT exhibit superior kinetic constant 6.379 × 10-3 min-1 extracted. In addition, we demonstrate that the doping of MWCTs within TiO2 leads to a significant enhancement of the UV-vis light assisted photocatalytic activity is optimized in comparison with higher (5, 10 and 20%) compositions. UV-vis assisted photocatalytic hydrogen is evolved by photoelectrolytic splitting of water by using MWCNT-TiO2 hybrid nanostructures as electrode. © 2013, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cite this Research Publication : J. B. Veluru, Manippady, K. K., Rajendiren, M., K. Mya, M., Rayavarapu, P. R., Nair, S. A., and Seeram, R., “Photocatalytic hydrogen generation by splitting of water from electrospun hybrid nanostructures”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 38, pp. 4324-4333, 2013.