TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface modification of TiO2 by adding V2O5 nanocatalytic system for hydrogen generation
AU - Gnanasekaran, Lalitha
AU - Rajendran, Saravanan
AU - Karimi-Maleh, Hassan
AU - Priya, A. K.
AU - Qin, Jiaqian
AU - Soto-Moscoso, Matias
AU - Ansar, Sabah
AU - Bathula, Chinna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Institution of Chemical Engineers
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - The surface modification of titanium-di-oxide semiconductor was done by adding V2O5 for enhanced visible light activity for generation of hydrogen. Hence, the main goal of the present work is to achieve the visible light activity using the synthesized photocatalyst for hydrogen production through water splitting. Hydrogen exists in nature and benefits the ecosystem by reducing the carbon emissions in the environment. Therefore, it is a self-motivated choice of researchers to produce hydrogen in large scale to save the environment from severe pollution hazards. Meanwhile, photocatalytic activity proves to be the excellent source for hydrogen generation. In this connection, the nanocomposite TiO2-V2O5 was synthesized by blending both sol-gel and thermal decomposition methods. The structural and morphological properties, surface area determination, absorption and band gap studies were carried out via various sophisticated instruments. The TiO2-V2O5 composite system exhibits lower band gap that favored the photocatalytic activity in promoting hydrogen production.
AB - The surface modification of titanium-di-oxide semiconductor was done by adding V2O5 for enhanced visible light activity for generation of hydrogen. Hence, the main goal of the present work is to achieve the visible light activity using the synthesized photocatalyst for hydrogen production through water splitting. Hydrogen exists in nature and benefits the ecosystem by reducing the carbon emissions in the environment. Therefore, it is a self-motivated choice of researchers to produce hydrogen in large scale to save the environment from severe pollution hazards. Meanwhile, photocatalytic activity proves to be the excellent source for hydrogen generation. In this connection, the nanocomposite TiO2-V2O5 was synthesized by blending both sol-gel and thermal decomposition methods. The structural and morphological properties, surface area determination, absorption and band gap studies were carried out via various sophisticated instruments. The TiO2-V2O5 composite system exhibits lower band gap that favored the photocatalytic activity in promoting hydrogen production.
KW - Hydrogen production
KW - Surface modification
KW - Titanium-di-oxide
KW - Vanadium pentoxide
KW - Visible light
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.03.046
DO - 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.03.046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128230598
SN - 0263-8762
VL - 182
SP - 114
EP - 119
JO - Chemical Engineering Research and Design
JF - Chemical Engineering Research and Design
ER -