Copper oxide modified biphasic titania for enhanced hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting
- Title
- Copper oxide modified biphasic titania for enhanced hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting
- Creator
- Nikhila M.P.; Anjali C.; Nidhisha V.; Sunaja Devi K.R.; Pai M.R.; Neeroli Kizhakayil R.
- Description
- Recently, TiO2(B) has been extensively used in catalytic and energy fields owing to its exceptional crystal structure. But being a metastable state, TiO2(B) is transformed easily into other stable crystalline forms like anatase or rutile phase, and the low crystallinity limits the application of the material in catalysis. A combination of TiO2(B) with anatase, which is benefitted by a homojunction, is proven to be blessed with high activity. Herein, hydrogen production via photocatalytic water-splitting is presented using Cu modified biphasic titania nanotubes achieved by a facile hydrothermal procedure. The systems are well characterized using SEM, TEM, XRD analysis, N2 adsorption study, FTIR, DR-UV, Raman, Photoluminescence, and X-ray photoelectron spectral analysis. The homo-junction developed in titania due to anatase TiO2 (B), as well as the heterojunction created by the co-catalyst, tune the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanotubes positively, as evident from the enhanced hydrogen production over the system. 2023
- Source
- Results in Engineering, Vol-20
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Subject
- Anatase; Biphasic titania; Cu modofication; Photocatalysis; TiO2(B); Water-splitting
- Coverage
- Nikhila M.P., Advanced Materials Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India; Anjali C., Advanced Materials Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India; Nidhisha V., Advanced Materials Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India; Sunaja Devi K.R., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Pai M.R., Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India; Neeroli Kizhakayil R., Advanced Materials Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 25901230
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Nikhila M.P.; Anjali C.; Nidhisha V.; Sunaja Devi K.R.; Pai M.R.; Neeroli Kizhakayil R., “Copper oxide modified biphasic titania for enhanced hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 26, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13934.