Role of ZrO2 in TiO2 composites with rGO as an electron mediator to enhance the photocatalytic activity for the photodegradation of methylene blue
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lihini Jayasinghe; Vimukthi Jayaweera; Nuwan de Silva; Azeez M. Mubarak
- Source
- Materials Advances. 3:7904-7917
- Subject
- Chemistry (miscellaneous)
General Materials Science
- Language
- ISSN
- 2633-5409
A novel study of the role of ZrO2 in rGO-TiO2/ZrO2 composites and the synthesis of an efficient photocatalyst with 95% degradation and a reduced band gap of 3.12 eV synthesized by a single-step alkaline reaction in the absence of hazardous reducing agents.