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Enhanced visible light photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using efficient Mg/S co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles

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Herein, the Mg-S co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by the sol-gel method, and their photocatalytic activity of MB (methylene blue) dye was examined under simulated visible light. X-ray diffraction patterns of Mg-S co-doped TiO2 reveal an average crystallite size of 19.3 nm. Moreover, results showed that Mg/S co-doped TiO2 NPs had pure anatase structures with spherical morphology. The band gap energy Mg/S co-doped TiO2 was decreased from 3.12 to 2.78 eV by adding the doping and codoping of Mg and S into TiO2 NPs. The Mg/S co-doped TiO2 NPs showed excellent photocatalytic activity compared to pristine TiO2, Mg-TiO2, and S-TiO2 NPs. The maximum degradation efficiency of MB was achieved at 94.8% for Mg/S co-doped TiO2 NPs. Meanwhile, the possible photocatalytic mechanism of photocatalysts was discussed. Different weight percentages of Mg/S co-doped TiO2 were used to investigate the effect of the Ag concentration on antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and the maximum antibacterial activity was achieved by 24 mm and 22 mm for TiO2 NPs membrane doped and co-doped with Mg/S. The current investigation delivers a promising strategy to promote photocatalytic activity to eliminate waterborne contaminants.

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  1. Department of Physics, N.K.R. Govt. Arts College for Women, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, 637 001, India

    Mehala Kunnamareddy & Barathi Diravidamani

  2. PG and Research Department of Botany, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636 007, India

    Karmegam Natchimuthu & Ranjith Rajendran

  3. Department of Physics, K.S.R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, 637 215, India

    Kavitha Tangavelu

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.S.R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, 637 215, India

    Senthilkumar Palanisamy

  5. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600 077, India

    Priyadharsan Arumugam

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Mehala Kunnamareddy: Investigation, Methodology, Writing-Original draft, Software. Karmegam Natchimuthu: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, writing. Kavitha Tangavelu: Writing - Review & Editing, Formal analysis, Validation; Software. Senthilkumar Palanisamy: Investigation, Formal analysis, Validation. Barathi Diravidamani: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing - Review & Editing. Priyadharsan Arumugam: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, writing. Ranjith Rajendran: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization.

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Kunnamareddy, M., Natchimuthu, K., Tangavelu, K. et al. Enhanced visible light photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using efficient Mg/S co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04278-7

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