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Oxidation-induced catalytic performance of heterostructured Ni-TiO2 nanoparticles and formation of Leuco-Methylene blue

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Ni-TiO2 catalysts have been successfully developed by simple sol–gel techniques with variations in Ni2+ concentration. The reduced bandgap suggests the appearance of the intragap various localized defect states and oxygen vacancies. The formation of oxygen vacancies and its effect on photocatalysis with the presence of the colour centres (F, F+, F++) in the photocatalytic mechanism by replacement of anion vacancy and electron pair displacement are discussed. The low concentration (0.02 M) of Ni2+ doping represents a large amount of oxygen vacancy, which assures the high capability of visible light absorbance. The chemical reaction mechanism of oxidation/hydrogenation-induced photocatalytic behaviour through formation of Leuco-MB is also established. The design of anatase/rutile heterostructure and the proposed mechanism of Schottky induced charge transfer phenomenon under visible light irradiation are also embedded in our work. In comparison with many other early reports, our results show that the 0.02 M concentration of Ni2+ doping has an outstanding photocatalytic activity with complete decolouration with evolution of Leuco-methylene blue and thus obtained 100% total degradation of toxic MB compounds from the aqueous solution after just only 30 min of visible light illumination.

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We are very much thankful to Petroleum Engineering Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, for supplying the FTIR facility. We are also very much glad to CRF, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, for FESEM and UV–Vis absorbance characterizations. IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, supports the financial issue. We are also thankful to CIF, IIT Kanpur, for contributing XRD facility. DST-FIST facility (project no. SR/FST/PSI-004/2013) is also obliged for the utilization of the PL instrument in IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

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Rahman, K.H., Kar, A.K. & Chen, KC. Oxidation-induced catalytic performance of heterostructured Ni-TiO2 nanoparticles and formation of Leuco-Methylene blue. Res Chem Intermed 48, 4475–4501 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-022-04838-y

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