Hydrothermal Microwave Synthesis of Co₃O₄/In₂O₃ Nanostructures for Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI)

JieJie Nan; Sijia Guo; Dalal Alhashmialameer; Qingming He; Yinuo Meng; Ruixiang Ge; Salah M. El-Bahy; Nithesh Naik; Vignesh Murugadoss; Mina Huang; Ben Bin Xu; Qian Shao; Zhanhu Guo

doi:10.1021/acsanm.2c00107

journal article·2022-07-22

Hydrothermal Microwave Synthesis of Co₃O₄/In₂O₃ Nanostructures for Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI)

JieJie Nan, Sijia Guo, Dalal Alhashmialameer, Qingming He, Yinuo Meng, Ruixiang Ge, Salah M. El-Bahy, Nithesh Naik, Vignesh Murugadoss, Mina Huang, Ben Bin Xu, Qian Shao, Zhanhu Guo

ACS Applied Nano Materials· Volume 5· Issue 7

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Co3O4/In2O3 nanocomposites were prepared via a microwave-hydrothermal method and directly used as photoanodes for the photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) process to reduce Cr(VI). The as-prepared Co3O4/In2O3 composites show a rod-like structure, which is composed of nanoparticles. The PEC experiments indicated that after 120 min of irradiation with 0.7 V bias voltage and visible light, the Cr(VI) reduction efficiency of Co3O4/In2O3 composites in aqueous solution was 100%, which was superior to the samples prepared by other methods. Moreover, the Co3O4/In2O3 composite still had a high catalytic activity after five runs of PEC experiments. Elimination experiments demonstrate that photo-generated electrons (e–) performed a key role in the catalytic reduction of Cr(VI). The significantly improved PEC performance can be attributed to the bias voltage and the p-n heterojunction formed between Co3O4 and In2O3. Therefore, Co3O4/In2O3 nanocomposites have a considerable potential for the PEC reduction of Cr(VI).

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Nanomaterials Composites Catalysis & surfaces

OpenAlex topics: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Copper-based nanomaterials and applications · Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

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College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia

Department of Chemistry, Turabah University College, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia

Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India

Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States

College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, U.K.

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Taif University · Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province · Science and Technology Project of Qingdao West Coast New Area

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