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In-situ DRIFT investigation of photocatalytic reduction and oxidation properties of SiO₂@?-Fe₂O₃ core-shell decorated RGO nanocomposite.

ABSTRACT: In this work, SiO₂@?-Fe₂O₃ core-shell decorated RGO nanocomposites were prepared via a simple sol-gel method. The nanocomposites were prepared with different weight percentages (10, 30, and 50 wt %) of the SiO₂@?-Fe₂O₃ core-shell on RGO, and the effects on the structural and optical properties were identified. The photocatalytic reduction and oxidation properties of the nanocomposites in the gas phase were assessed through the reduction of CO₂ and oxidation of ethanol using in-situ diffuse-reflectance infrared fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFT). The prepared nanocomposite with (30 wt %) of SiO₂@?-Fe₂O₃ showed superior photocatalytic activity for the gas phase reduction of CO₂ and oxidation of ethanol. Enhancement in the activity was also perceived when the light irradiation was coupled with thermal treatment. The DRIFT results for the nanocomposites indicate the active chemical conversion kinetics of the redox catalytic effect in the reduction of CO₂ and oxidation of ethanol. Further, the evaluation of photoelectrochemical CO₂ reduction performance of nanocomposites was acquired by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and the results showed a significant improvement in the onset-potential (-0.58?V) for the RGO (30 wt %)-SiO₂@?-Fe₂O₃ nanocomposite.

SUBMITTER: Kasimayan U

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7005791 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In-situ DRIFT investigation of photocatalytic reduction and oxidation properties of SiO2@α-Fe2O3 core-shell decorated RGO nanocomposite.

Kasimayan Uma U Nadarajan Arjun A Singaravelu Chandra Mohan CM Pan Guan-Ting GT Kandasamy Jothivenkatachalam J Yang Thomas C-K TC Lin Ja-Hon JH

Scientific reports 20200207 1

In this work, SiO2@α-Fe2O3 core-shell decorated RGO nanocomposites were prepared via a simple sol-gel method. The nanocomposites were prepared with different weight percentages (10, 30, and 50 wt %) of the SiO2@α-Fe2O3 core-shell on RGO, and the effects on the structural and optical properties were identified. The photocatalytic reduction and oxidation properties of the nanocomposites in the gas phase were assessed through the red ...[more]

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