Search Menu
DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Search Scholarly Publications

Title: Multifunctional transition metal doped titanium dioxide reduced graphene oxide composites as highly efficient adsorbents and photocatalysts

Abstract

A series of novel, mesoporous transition metal doped titanium dioxide-reduced graphene oxide composites are synthesized where the dopants were Mn, Co, Ni, Mo, and W. An in-situ synthesis method was used which involves a green, economic, hydrothermal process which can be scaled up easily. The composites show high surface areas (165–245 m2/g) and monomodal pore size distributions with average pore diameters in the range of 3–5 nm. The homogeneous distributions of the dopants are seen in SEM-EDX mapping data. The indirect band gaps of the composite materials are in the range of 2.20–2.48 eV. The composites show excellent dye adsorption activities where 100% adsorption of Rhodamine B occurs within 5 min when Mo–TiO2/rGO composite is used. Furthermore, the adsorbed dye can either be desorbed or photocatalytically degraded and the composite is reusable up to 10 cycles without losing significant activity. Mo–TiO2/rGO composite showed excellent adsorption of both cationic and anionic dyes at neutral pH.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]
+ Show Author Affiliations
  1. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1776358
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1644709; OSTI ID: 1838002
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-86ER13622
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 307; Journal ID: ISSN 1387-1811
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Reduced graphene oxide; Composites; Transition metal oxide dopants; Dye adsorption; Photocatalysis

Citation Formats

Thalgaspitiya, Wimalika R. K., Kapuge, Tharindu Kankanam, He, Junkai, Deljoo, Bahareh, Meguerdichian, Andrew G., Aindow, Mark, and Suib, Steven L. Multifunctional transition metal doped titanium dioxide reduced graphene oxide composites as highly efficient adsorbents and photocatalysts. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110521.
Copy to clipboard
Thalgaspitiya, Wimalika R. K., Kapuge, Tharindu Kankanam, He, Junkai, Deljoo, Bahareh, Meguerdichian, Andrew G., Aindow, Mark, & Suib, Steven L. Multifunctional transition metal doped titanium dioxide reduced graphene oxide composites as highly efficient adsorbents and photocatalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110521
Copy to clipboard
Thalgaspitiya, Wimalika R. K., Kapuge, Tharindu Kankanam, He, Junkai, Deljoo, Bahareh, Meguerdichian, Andrew G., Aindow, Mark, and Suib, Steven L. Fri . "Multifunctional transition metal doped titanium dioxide reduced graphene oxide composites as highly efficient adsorbents and photocatalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110521. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1776358.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1776358,
title = {Multifunctional transition metal doped titanium dioxide reduced graphene oxide composites as highly efficient adsorbents and photocatalysts},
author = {Thalgaspitiya, Wimalika R. K. and Kapuge, Tharindu Kankanam and He, Junkai and Deljoo, Bahareh and Meguerdichian, Andrew G. and Aindow, Mark and Suib, Steven L.},
abstractNote = {A series of novel, mesoporous transition metal doped titanium dioxide-reduced graphene oxide composites are synthesized where the dopants were Mn, Co, Ni, Mo, and W. An in-situ synthesis method was used which involves a green, economic, hydrothermal process which can be scaled up easily. The composites show high surface areas (165–245 m2/g) and monomodal pore size distributions with average pore diameters in the range of 3–5 nm. The homogeneous distributions of the dopants are seen in SEM-EDX mapping data. The indirect band gaps of the composite materials are in the range of 2.20–2.48 eV. The composites show excellent dye adsorption activities where 100% adsorption of Rhodamine B occurs within 5 min when Mo–TiO2/rGO composite is used. Furthermore, the adsorbed dye can either be desorbed or photocatalytically degraded and the composite is reusable up to 10 cycles without losing significant activity. Mo–TiO2/rGO composite showed excellent adsorption of both cationic and anionic dyes at neutral pH.},
doi = {10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110521},
journal = {Microporous and Mesoporous Materials},
number = ,
volume = 307,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
Copy to clipboard
Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110521
Copyright Statement
Other availability
Search WorldCat Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

Works referenced in this record:

Electrochemical Oxidation of Methylene Blue Using Lead Acid Battery Anode
journal, January 2014

An update on synthetic dyes adsorption onto clay based minerals: A state-of-art review
journal, April 2017

Removal of anionic dyes from an aqueous solution by a magnetic cationic adsorbent modified with DMDAAC
journal, January 2018

  • Chen, Junjie; Chen, Hongling
  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00635K

Coagulation/flocculation process for dye removal using sludge from water treatment plant: Optimization through response surface methodology
journal, March 2010

Removal of a cationic dye from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto bentonite clay
journal, June 2006

Biological treatment of wastewaters from a dye manufacturing company using a trickling filter
journal, August 2006

Equilibrium, Kinetics and Mechanism of Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption onto Pine Cone Biomass of Pinus radiata
journal, October 2010

  • Sen, Tushar Kanti; Afroze, Sharmeen; Ang, H. M.
  • Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Vol. 218, Issue 1-4
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0663-y

Enhanced photocatalytic removal of Safranin-T dye under sunlight within minute time intervals using heulandite/polyaniline@ nickel oxide composite as a novel photocatalyst
journal, October 2018

  • Abukhadra, Mostafa R.; Shaban, Mohamed; Abd El Samad, Mariam A.
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 162
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.06.081

Adsorption of dyes on activated carbon prepared from apricot stones and commercial activated carbon
journal, August 2015

  • Djilani, Chahrazed; Zaghdoudi, Rachida; Djazi, Fayçal
  • Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Vol. 53
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2015.02.025

A comparative adsorption study with different industrial wastes as adsorbents for the removal of cationic dyes from water
journal, January 2005

Decolorization of textile wastewater by gamma irradiation and its reuse in dyeing process
journal, March 2014

  • Bhuiyan, M. A. Rahman; Rahman, M. Mizanur; Shaid, Abu
  • Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 54, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.905977

Dyes adsorption using clay and modified clay: A review
journal, April 2018

Biosorption of Methylene Blue by De-Oiled Algal Biomass: Equilibrium, Kinetics and Artificial Neural Network Modelling
journal, October 2014

Removal of Reactive Dyes from Textile Dyeing Industrial Effluent by Ozonation Process
journal, January 2013

Adsorption of anionic dyes in aqueous solution using chemically modified barley straw
journal, September 2010

  • Ibrahim, Shariff; Fatimah, Is; Ang, Ha-Ming
  • Water Science and Technology, Vol. 62, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.388

Effect of Mo-Incorporation in the TiO 2 Lattice: A Mechanistic Basis for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation
journal, July 2014

  • Bhattacharyya, Kaustava; Majeed, Jerina; Dey, Krishna Kishore
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 118, Issue 29
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp5054666

pH-sensitive wax emulsion copolymerization with acrylamide hydrogel using gamma irradiation for dye removal
journal, May 2017

Ionic liquid-assisted one-step hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2-reduced graphene oxide composites
journal, May 2011

The dye removal from aqueous solution using polymer composite films
journal, October 2018

  • Şen, Fatih; Demirbaş, Özkan; Çalımlı, Mehmet Harbi
  • Applied Water Science, Vol. 8, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1007/s13201-018-0856-x

Removal of an anionic dye by adsorption/precipitation processes using alkaline white mud
journal, November 2007

Raman spectroscopy of TiO2 thin films formed by hybrid treatment for biomedical applications
journal, December 2014

  • Lubas, M.; Jasinski, J. J.; Sitarz, M.
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Vol. 133
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.05.045

Equilibrium and kinetics studies for the adsorption of direct and acid dyes from aqueous solution by soy meal hull
journal, July 2006

Removal of direct dyes by coagulation: The performance of preformed polymeric aluminum species
journal, May 2007

Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Pt Subnanoclusters on Graphene Nanosheet Surface
journal, June 2009

  • Yoo, EunJoo; Okata, Tatsuhiro; Akita, Tornoki
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl900397t

A novel generalized metal dissolution approach for the synthesis of mixed valent mesoporous metal oxides
journal, May 2020

Macroporous polymeric ion exchangers as adsorbents for the removal of cationic dye basic blue 9 from aqueous solutions
journal, August 2013

  • Suteu, Daniela; Bilba, Doina; Coseri, Sergiu
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 131, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1002/app.39620

Ozone for Dye Waste Color Removal: Four Years Operation at Leek STW
journal, January 1998

Electrochemical Synthesis of CdSe Quantum-Dot Arrays on a Graphene Basal Plane Using Mesoporous Silica Thin-Film Templates
journal, January 2010

  • Kim, Yong-Tae; Han, Jung Hee; Hong, Byung Hee
  • Advanced Materials, Vol. 22, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1002/adma.200902736

Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
journal, March 1958

  • Hummers, William S.; Offeman, Richard E.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 80, Issue 6, p. 1339-1339
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja01539a017

Wastewater treatment for removal of dyes by coagulation and membrane processes
journal, November 2012

  • Kasperchik, V. P.; Yaskevich, A. L.; Bil’dyukevich, A. V.
  • Petroleum Chemistry, Vol. 52, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1134/S0965544112070079

Blue light emitting graphene-based materials and their use in generating white light
journal, October 2010

  • Subrahmanyam, K. S.; Kumar, Prashant; Nag, Angshuman
  • Solid State Communications, Vol. 150, Issue 37-38
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2010.07.017

Investigation of dye adsorption onto activated carbon from the shells of Macoré fruit
journal, June 2015

  • Aboua, Kouassi Narcisse; Yobouet, Yao Augustin; Yao, Kouassi Benjamin
  • Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 156
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.006

Adsorption of Dye from Wastewater by Zeolites Synthesized from Fly Ash: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies
journal, June 2009

One step hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2-reduced graphene oxide sheets
journal, January 2011

  • Shen, Jianfeng; Yan, Bo; Shi, Min
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 21, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c0jm03542d

Electrochemical oxidation of a textile dye wastewater using a Pt/Ti electrode
journal, December 1999

Self-Assembling TiO2 Nanorods on Large Graphene Oxide Sheets at a Two-Phase Interface and Their Anti-Recombination in Photocatalytic Applications
journal, September 2010

  • Liu, Jincheng; Bai, Hongwei; Wang, Yinjie
  • Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 20, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201001391

Nanostructured SnS with inherent anisotropic optical properties for high photoactivity
journal, January 2016

  • Patel, Malkeshkumar; Chavda, Arvind; Mukhopadhyay, Indrajit
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 8, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1039/C5NR06731F

Anion exchange resins for removal of reactive dyes from textile wastewaters
journal, November 2002

Facile, noncovalent decoration of graphene oxide sheets with nanocrystals
journal, March 2009

Evaluation of the potential cationic dye removal using adsorption by graphene and carbon nanotubes as adsorbents surfaces
journal, May 2017

Adsorption of methylene blue on kaolinite
journal, February 2002

Basic and Reactive Dye Removal Using Natural and Modified Zeolites
journal, October 2007

  • Karadag, Dogan; Akgul, Eda; Tok, Sema
  • Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, Vol. 52, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1021/je7003726

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Graphene-TiO 2 Nanotube Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity
journal, April 2012

  • Perera, Sanjaya D.; Mariano, Ruperto G.; Vu, Khiem
  • ACS Catalysis, Vol. 2, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1021/cs200621c

Graphene-Based Nanoarchitectures. Anchoring Semiconductor and Metal Nanoparticles on a Two-Dimensional Carbon Support
journal, December 2009

  • Kamat, Prashant V.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1021/jz900265j

Photocatalytic removal of Congo red dye using MCM-48/Ni 2 O 3 composite synthesized based on silica gel extracted from rice husk ash; fabrication and application
journal, December 2017

    Sort by:
    [ × clear filter / sort ]

    Similar Records in DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV collections: