- Title
- Visible light responsive TiO2-graphene oxide nanosheets-Zn phthalocyanine ternary heterojunction assisted photoelectrocatalytic degradation of Orange G
- Creator
- Nwahara, Nnamdi
- Creator
- Adeniyi, Omotayo
- Creator
- Mashazi, Philani N
- Creator
- Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2021
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185446
- Identifier
- vital:44387
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113291"
- Description
- Herein, we report on the successful fabrication of a visible light-responsive TiO2 - graphene oxide nanosheets – Zn phthalocyanine (TiO2@GONS@ZnPc) ternary structure for the photoelectrochemical degradation of Orange G azo dye. The characterization of TiO2@GONS@ZnPc composite was achieved using various spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Our results show that the TiO2@GONS@ZnPc surface hybrid heterojunction promotes charge separation and electron migration, significantly improving the degradation efficiency with an applied potential. For the first time, we show the existence of a non-radical activation route for persulfate (PS) using such π electron-rich ZnPc-GONS catalysts. The degradation kinetics were found to follow pseudo first order kinetics. Electron spin resonance analyses suggested that neither hydroxyl radicals nor sulfate radicals were produced therein, and therefore were not responsible for the persulfate-driven oxidation of the OG dye. These findings suggest that both which GONS and ZnPc play a critical role in mediating the eventual charge transfer mediated PS activation. The results illustrate the remarkable capacity of the TiO2@GONS@ZnPc composite to rapidly degrade Orange G by a coupled TiO2@GONS@ZnPc-persulfate system.
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- 1 online resource (15 pages)
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- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
- Relation
- Nwahara, N., Adeniyi, O., Mashazi, P. and Nyokong, T., 2021. Visible light responsive TiO2-graphene oxide nanosheets-Zn phthalocyanine ternary heterojunction assisted photoelectrocatalytic degradation of Orange G. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 414, p.113291
- Relation
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry volume 414 p. 113291 2021 1010-6030
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Mashazi, Philani N (Associate Prof)
Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
RU Department of Chemistry
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