Synthesis of highly sensitive nanomaterial for ultra-fast photocatalytic activity: A detailed study on photocatalytic capabilities of rod-shaped TiS3 nanostructures

oleh: Jaspal Singh, Prachi Sharma, Nishant Tripathi, Daria Shishkina, Anastasiia Rymzhina, Elisey A. Boltov, Vladimir Platonov, Vladimir Pavelyev, Valentyn S. Volkov, Aleksey V. Arsenin, Rishikesh Singh, R.K. Soni, Mohammad Talib, Samrah Manzoor, Debosmita Banerjee, P.M.Z. Hasan, Ahmed Alshahrie, Reem Darwesh, Maria A. Anikina, Prabhash Mishra

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2022-02-01

Deskripsi

Two-dimensional TiS3-nanostructures have been used to successfully remove toxic-industrial pollutants such as methyl-orange(MO) and methyl-blue(MB) from water bodies. Two-dimensional TiS3-nanostructures with exceptional mobility properties have been produced using the chemical vapor transport(CVT) technique and its photocatalytic capabilities are examined for potential environmental applications.Under infrared(IR) irradiation, the produced TiS3-nanoribbons were evaluated for their ability to degrade MO and MB solutions. TiS3-nanoribbons reveal significant high disintegration percentage; it is capable to decompose 90.3% of 50 μM MO pollutant solution in 5 min. Moreover it decomposes 94.4% of 50 μM MO solution as well as 10 μM MB solution in 20 min and 12 min, respectively.