Reduced Graphene Oxide-supported Ag-loaded Fe-doped TiO for the Degradation Mechanism of Methylene Blue and Its Electrochemical Properties

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 11

PMID 35540418

Authors

Dhayanantha Prabu Jaihindh

Ching-Cheng Chen

Yen-Pei Fu

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Abstract

Graphene oxide-based composites have been developed as cheap and effective photocatalysts for dye degradation and water splitting applications. Herein, we report reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/Ag/Fe-doped TiO that has been successfully prepared using a simple process. The resulting composites were characterized by a wide range of physicochemical techniques. The photocatalytic activities of the composite materials were studied under visible light supplied by a 35 W Xe arc lamp. The rGO/Ag/Fe-doped TiO composite demonstrated excellent degradation of methylene blue (MB) in 150 min and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in 210 min under visible light irradiation, and trapping experiments were carried out to explain the mechanism of photocatalytic activity. Moreover, electrochemical studies were carried out to demonstrate the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity on rGO/Ag/Fe-doped TiO in 1 M of HSO electrolyte, with a scan rate of 50 mV s. The reductions in overpotential are due to the d-orbital splitting in Fe-doped TiO and rGO as an electron collector and transporter.

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