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Article

Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis of Rose Bengal Dye and Hydrogen Production Using Ag@Cu/TiO2 Ternary Nanocomposites

by
Satish Yadav
1,
Asim Jilani
2,
Sarika Sachan
1,
Pramod Kumar
1,*,
Sajid Ali Ansari
3,
Muhammad Afzal
4 and
Mohammad Omaish Ansari
2,*
1
Functional Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya), Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222003, Uttar Pradesh, India
2
Center of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
3
Department of Physics, College of Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
4
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College, P.O. Box 6231, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia
*
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Chemistry 2024, 6(3), 489-505; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry6030028
Submission received: 15 April 2024 / Revised: 29 May 2024 / Accepted: 30 May 2024 / Published: 20 June 2024
(This article belongs to the Topic Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry and Energy, 2nd Volume)
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Abstract

In this work, an Ag@Cu/TiO2 ternary nanocomposite was synthesized by a simple chemical methodology and subsequently studied for the photocatalytic degradation of rose bengal (RB) dye under visible light as well as its hydrogen production. The shape, size and topographical analysis by scanning and transmission electron microscopy revealed that all the constituents are well intercalated and are in the nano range. The energy dispersive X-ray analysis of the Ag@Cu/TiO2 showed the presence of Ti, O, Cu and Ag and the absence of any other impurities, while the mapping analysis showed their uniform distribution. The X-ray photon spectroscopy also showed successful interaction between the components. Furthermore, the changes in the chemical state of Ti2p were examined. The band gap of Ag@Cu/TiO2 using the Tauc plot relations was found to be the lowest at 2.86 eV in comparison to pure TiO2 (3.28 eV), binary Ag/TiO2 (3.13 eV) and Cu/TiO2 (3.00 eV). The Ag@Cu/TiO2 displayed the lowest photoluminescence intensity, suggesting the highest degradation efficiency and lowest recombination rate. The application of Ag@Cu/TiO2 toward the photocatalytic degradation of RB dye exhibited a degradation rate of ~81.07%, which exceeds the efficiency of pure TiO2 by 3.31 times. Apart from this, the hydrogen production of Ag@Cu/TiO2 was found to be 17.1 μmol h−1 g−1, suggesting that copper and silver synergistically contributed, thereby resulting in the increased hydrogen production of pure TiO2.
Keywords: rose bengal dye; visible region; photocatalytic degradation; Ag@Cu/TiO2 ternary nanocomposites rose bengal dye; visible region; photocatalytic degradation; Ag@Cu/TiO2 ternary nanocomposites

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Yadav, S.; Jilani, A.; Sachan, S.; Kumar, P.; Ansari, S.A.; Afzal, M.; Ansari, M.O. Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis of Rose Bengal Dye and Hydrogen Production Using Ag@Cu/TiO2 Ternary Nanocomposites. Chemistry 2024, 6, 489-505. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry6030028

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Yadav S, Jilani A, Sachan S, Kumar P, Ansari SA, Afzal M, Ansari MO. Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis of Rose Bengal Dye and Hydrogen Production Using Ag@Cu/TiO2 Ternary Nanocomposites. Chemistry. 2024; 6(3):489-505. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry6030028

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Yadav, Satish, Asim Jilani, Sarika Sachan, Pramod Kumar, Sajid Ali Ansari, Muhammad Afzal, and Mohammad Omaish Ansari. 2024. "Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis of Rose Bengal Dye and Hydrogen Production Using Ag@Cu/TiO2 Ternary Nanocomposites" Chemistry 6, no. 3: 489-505. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry6030028

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Yadav, S., Jilani, A., Sachan, S., Kumar, P., Ansari, S. A., Afzal, M., & Ansari, M. O. (2024). Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis of Rose Bengal Dye and Hydrogen Production Using Ag@Cu/TiO2 Ternary Nanocomposites. Chemistry, 6(3), 489-505. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry6030028

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