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Composite of natural bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) and TiO2: Its photocatalytic potential in the degradation of methylene blue under the direct irradiation of solar light

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Composites of visible-light-active bamboo charcoal powder (BCP)/TiO2 were fabricated by the straight calcination method by using TiCl4 as the source of titanium and natural bamboo as the carbon source. The dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles was observed onto the surface of the BCP. The introduction of microstructure sizes of the bamboo powder played an important role in enhancing the optical properties of BCP/TiO2 composites. The composites of BCP/TiO2 showed the photocatalytic activities both under visible-light irradiation and UV irradiation. The methylene blue dye was used as the experimental check-up. The photodegradation reactions followed zero-order and pseudo-first-order kinetics. In the time duration of 100 min, about 58.31% and 95% of methylene blue were degraded by TiO2 and BCP/TiO2, respectively; 60 min more time was required by TiO2 to achieve 93% of degradation. This suggests that addition of BCP helps in the reduction in time and also shows high durability after up to four cycles having the degradation efficiencies of 95%, 94.1%, 92.7% and 86.6%, respectively. Hence, this research could overlay in the domain of green energy.

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The author is grateful to central research facility (CRF) of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand for carrying out the materials characterization and I would also like to thank Dept. of Physics of our institute for carrying the PL measurement. My beloved mother Zohra Khatoon for providing bamboo pieces from the forest. My true inspiration Haji Md Mutalib Ansari (Father) for his logical discussion behind the work. My allrounder mentor Prof. P. Saravanan for his valuable suggestions.

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Nawaz, A. Composite of natural bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) and TiO2: Its photocatalytic potential in the degradation of methylene blue under the direct irradiation of solar light. Res Chem Intermed 46, 2731–2747 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-020-04116-9

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