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Bharagav U, Ramesh Reddy N, Nava Koteswara Rao V, Ravi P, Sathish M, Rangappa D, Prathap K, Shilpa Chakra C, Shankar MV, Appels L, Aminabhavi TM, Kakarla RR, Mamatha Kumari M. Bifunctional g-C 3N 4/carbon nanotubes/WO 3 ternary nanohybrids for photocatalytic energy and environmental applications. Chemosphere 2023; 311:137030. [PMID: 36334741 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Ternary nanohybrids based on mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) were synthesized and presented for developing stable and efficient Hydrogen (H2) production system. Based on photocatalytic activity, optimization was performed in three different stages to develop carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and WO3 loaded g-C3N4 (CWG-3). Initially, the effect of exfoliation was investigated, and a maximum specific surface area of 100.77 m2/g was achieved. 2D-2D interface between WO3 and g-C3N4 was targeted and achieved, to construct a highly efficient direct Z-scheme heterojunction. Optimized binary composite holds the enhanced activity of about 2.6 folds of H2 generation rates than the thermally exfoliated g-C3N4. Further, CNT loading towards binary composite in an optimized weight ratio enhances the activity by 6.86 folds than the pristine g-C3N4. Notably, optimized ternary nanohybrid generates 15,918 μmol h-1. g-1cat of molecular H2, under natural solar light irradiation with 5 vol% TEOA as a sacrificial agent. Constructive enhancements deliver remarkable H2 production and dye degradation activities. Results evident that, the same system can be useful for pilot-scale energy generation and other photocatalytic applications as well.
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- U Bharagav
- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Electrochemical Power Sources Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute- Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Electrochemical Power Sources Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute- Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Visvesvaraya Center for Nano Science and Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapura, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST), School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India
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- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, Jan Pieter De Nayerlaan 5, B-2860, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
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- School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, 580031, Karnataka, India; School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Reddy NR, Bharagav U, Shankar MV, Reddy PM, Reddy KR, Shetti NP, Alonso-Marroquin F, Kumari MM, Aminabhavi TM, Joo SW. Photocatalytic hydrogen production by ternary heterojunction composites of silver nanoparticles doped FCNT-TiO 2. J Environ Manage 2021; 286:112130. [PMID: 33684804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Silver nanoparticles doped with FCNT-TiO2 heterogeneous catalyst was prepared via one-step chemical reduction process and their efficacy was tested for hydrogen production under solar simulator. Crystallinity, purity, optical properties, and morphologies of the catalysts were examined by X-Ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, UV-Visible diffuse reflectance spectra, and Transmission Electron Microscopy. The chemical states and interface interactions were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The optimized catalyst showed 19.2 mmol g-1 h-1 of hydrogen production, which is 28.5 and 7 times higher than the pristine TiO2 nanoparticles and FCNT-TiO2 nanocomposite, respectively. The optimized catalyst showed stability up to 50 h under the solar simulator irradiation. The natural solar light irradiated catalyst showed ~2.2 times higher hydrogen production rate than the solar simulator irradiation. A plausible reaction mechanism of Ag NPs/FCNT-TiO2 photocatalyst was elucidated by investigating the beneficial co-catalytic role of Ag NPs and FCNTs for enhanced hydrogen production.
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- N Ramesh Reddy
- School of Mechanical and IT Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- School of Mechanical and IT Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Center for Electrochemical Science & Materials, Department of Chemistry, K.L.E. Institute of Technology, Hubballi, 580 030, Karnataka, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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- School of Mechanical and IT Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea.
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Reddy NR, Bharagav U, Kumari MM, Cheralathan KK, Shankar MV, Reddy KR, Saleh TA, Aminabhavi TM. Corrigendum to "Highly efficient solar light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production over Cu/FCNTs-titania quantum dots-based heterostructures" [J. Environ. Manag. 254 (2020) 10947]. J Environ Manage 2021; 281:111863. [PMID: 33370675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- N Ramesh Reddy
- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516 005, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516 005, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516 005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516 005, India
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- The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, B.O. Box: 346, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmaceutical Engineering, Soniya College of Pharmacy, Dharwad, 580 002, India
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Ramesh Reddy N, Mamatha Kumari M, Shankar MV, Raghava Reddy K, Woo Joo S, Aminabhavi TM. Photocatalytic hydrogen production from dye contaminated water and electrochemical supercapacitors using carbon nanohorns and TiO 2 nanoflower heterogeneous catalysts. J Environ Manage 2021; 277:111433. [PMID: 33070019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this research, efficient and novel catalysts based on hierarchical carbon nanohorns-titanium nanoflowers have been prepared by one-pot solvothermal process. Hydrogen generation from dye-contaminated water and dye degradation along with electrochemical supercapacitance performance have been investigated using the synthesized hierarchical catalyst to produce 4500 μmol g-1 h-1 of hydrogen from the photocatalytically generated aqueous methylene blue and methyl orange dyes, which were degraded up to 90% under natural solar light irradiation. These results offer a new path to generate hydrogen from the aqueous dyes. The catalysts electrode showed 164.6 F g-1 supercapacitance at 5 mV s-1 scan rate, which is nearly 1.3 and 1.65-times higher than that of pristine titanium nanoflower and carbon nanohorns electrodes, respectively. Such superior results were achieved due to good crystallinity, improved optical absorption strength, strong chemical composition between the two components, and hierarchical morphology as demonstrated from XRD, UV-DRS, TEM, XPS, and Raman spectral characterizations.
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- N Ramesh Reddy
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea.
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Reddy NR, Bharagav U, Kumari MM, Cheralathan KK, Shankar MV, Reddy KR, Saleh TA, Aminabhavi TM. Highly efficient solar light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production over Cu/FCNTs-titania quantum dots-based heterostructures. J Environ Manage 2020; 254:109747. [PMID: 31704644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The need for clean and eco-friendly energy sources has increased enormously over the years due to adverse impacts caused by the detrimental fossil fuel energy sources on the environment. This work reports the safest and most efficient route for hydrogen generation using solar light receptive functionalized carbon nanotubes-titania quantum dots (FCNT-TQDs) as photocatalysts under the influence of solar light irradiation. Predominantly, dual capability of CNT as co-catalyst and photo-sensitizer reduced the recombination rate of charge carriers, and facilitated the efficient light harvesting. The bulk production of hydrogen via water harvesting is considered, wherein photocatalyst synthesized was tuned by the optimum addition of copper to achieve higher production rate of hydrogen up to 54.4 mmol h-1g-1, nearly 25-folds higher than that of pristine TiO2 quantum dots. Addition of copper has a crucial role in improving the rate of hydrogen generation. The ternary composite exhibited 5.4-times higher hydrogen production compared to FCNT-TQDs composite.
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- N Ramesh Reddy
- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Lab, Department of Materials Science &Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, B.O. Box: 346, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmaceutical Engineering, Soniya College of Pharmacy, Dharwad, 580 002, India.
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Rao VN, Reddy NL, Kumari MM, Cheralathan KK, Ravi P, Sathish M, Neppolian B, Reddy KR, Shetti NP, Prathap P, Aminabhavi TM, Shankar MV. Sustainable hydrogen production for the greener environment by quantum dots-based efficient photocatalysts: A review. J Environ Manage 2019; 248:109246. [PMID: 31323456 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Nano-size photocatalysts exhibit multifunctional properties that opened the door for improved efficiency in energy, environment, and health care applications. Among the diversity of catalyst Quantum dots are a class of nanomaterials having a particle size between 2 and 10 nm, showing unique optoelectrical properties that are limited to some of the metal, metal oxide, metal chalcogenides, and carbon-based nanostructures. These unique characteristics arise from either pristine or binary/ternary composites where noble metal/metal oxide/metal chalcogenide/carbon quantum dots are anchored on the surface of semiconductor photocatalyst. It emphasized that properties, as well as performance of photocatalytic materials, are greatly influenced by the choice of synthesis methods and experimental conditions. Among the chemical methods, photo-deposition, precipitation, and chemical reduction, are the three most influential synthesis approaches. Further, two types of quantum dots namely metal based and carbon-based materials have been highlighted. Based on the optical, electrical and surface properties, quantum dots based photocatalysts have been divided into three categories namely (a) photocatalyst (b) co-catalyst and (c) photo-sensitizer. They showed enhanced photocatalytic performance for hydrogen production under visible/UV-visible light irradiation. Often, pristine metal chalcogenides as well as metal/metal oxide/carbon quantum dots attached to a semiconductor particle exhibit enhanced the photocatalytic activity for hydrogen production through absorption of visible light. Alternatively, noble metal quantum dots, which provide plenty of defects/active sites facilitate continuous hydrogen production. For instance, production of hydrogen in the presence of sacrificial agents using metal chalcogenides, metal oxides, and coinage metals based catalysts such as CdS/MoS2 (99,000 μmol h-1g-1) TiO2-Ni(OH)2 (47,195 μmol h-1g-1) and Cu/Ag-TiO2 nanotubes (56,167 μmol h-1g-1) have been reported. Among the carbon-based nanostructures, graphitic C3N4 and carbon quantum dots composites displayed enhanced hydrogen gas (116.1 μmol h-1) production via overall water splitting. This review accounts recent findings on various chemical approaches used for quantum dots synthesis and their improved materials properties leading to enhanced hydrogen production particularly under visible light irradiation. Finally, the avenue to improve quantum efficiency further is proposed.
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- V Navakoteswara Rao
- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Thiruvalam Road, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Functional Materials Division, Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Functional Materials Division, Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Electrochemistry and Materials Group, Department of Chemistry, K. L. E. Institute of Technology, Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Gokul, Hubballi, 580030, Karnataka, India
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- Photovoltaic Metrology Laboratory, National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), Dr.K.S. Krshnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516005, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Kumari MM, Priyanka A, Marenna B, Haridoss P, Kumar DP, Shankar M. Benefits of tubular morphologies on electron transfer properties in CNT/TiNT nanohybrid photocatalyst for enhanced H2 production. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra26693b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Beneficial effects of tubular morphologies on electron transfer properties in CNT/TiNT nanohybrid photocatalysts for enhanced H2 production as both co-catalyst and sensitizer are shown schematically here.
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- M. Mamatha Kumari
- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory
- Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology
- Yogi Vemana University
- Kadapa-516 003
- India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory
- Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology
- Yogi Vemana University
- Kadapa-516 003
- India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory
- Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology
- Yogi Vemana University
- Kadapa-516 003
- India
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Chennai 600 036
- India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory
- Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology
- Yogi Vemana University
- Kadapa-516 003
- India
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- Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research Laboratory
- Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology
- Yogi Vemana University
- Kadapa-516 003
- India
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Kumari MM. A description of a new species of the nematode genus Johnstonia basir, 1956. Riv Parassitol 1967; 28:279-282. [PMID: 5608357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Rao PN, Kumari MM. A description of a new species of the genus Rondonema Artigas, 1926 with comments on the allied genera. Riv Parassitol 1967; 28:11-6. [PMID: 5603029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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