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Influence of porewidening duration on the template assisted growth of graphitic carbon nitride nanostructures
(Institute of Physics Publishing helen.craven@iop.org, 2018) Suchitra, S.M.; Udayashankar, N.K.
Porous anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) membranes with a highly ordered pore arrangement are typically used as ideal templates for the synthesis of numerous nanostructured materials. Highly ordered templates gained significant attraction due to the fact that they are readily fabricated through self-organised simple anodization process. In this paper, the effect of different pore-widening treatments on the quality of the pores of the AAO templates prepared with different electrolytes were inspected. Results confirmed that, without altering the interpore distance different pore dimensions and diameters of the AAO templates can be easily achieved by chemical pore widening process at room temperature. Also, graphitic carbon nitride nanorods of different dimension have been fabricated from AAO template after porewidening process. These nanostructures are widely used in case of metal free visible light driven photo catalysis, photo degradation of organic pollutants, photo electric conversion and water splitting applications. © 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Bi-functional LaMxFe1-xO3 (M = Cu, Co, Ni) for photo-fenton degradation of methylene blue and photoelectrochemical water splitting
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023) James, A.; Rodney, J.D.; Rao, L.; Badekai Ramachandra, B.R.; Udayashankar, N.K.
Due to growing concern over environmental remediation and the energy crisis, perovskite nanoparticles have gained wide interest in converting solar energy to sustainable fuel and also in degrading organic effluents. Herein, we report the synthesis and bi-functional activity of one-pot-glycine combustion derived LaMxFe1-xO3 (M = Cu, Co, Ni; x = 0, 0.01) for photo-Fenton degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) and photoelectrochemical water splitting. When used as a photocatalyst, with partial substitution of Cu even at a lower concentration, LaCu0.01Fe0.99O3 has exhibited excellent degradation efficiency of 96.4% in 90 min, which is 2.5 times better than the LaFeO3. On the other hand, Co and Ni modified LaFeO3 photocatalysts have demonstrated prominent activities with degradation efficiency of 93.8% and 74.8% respectively within 180 min of visible light irradiation. The retention and reusability analysis showed that LaCu0.01Fe0.99O3 is stable against photo corrosion and remains unchanged after 5 consecutive cycles of MB dye degradation. In addition, LaCu0.01Fe0.99O3 is complimented as a single catalyst for dual functions such as photocatalysis and electrocatalysis, both of which are assisted by visible light. Under illumination, the overpotential (η) improved from 507.6 mV vs RHE (dark) to 498.1 mV vs RHE (light) for O2 evolution and 220.5 mV vs RHE (dark) to 182.8 mV vs RHE (light) for H2 generation respectively. The light response of the catalyst and improvement in activity is validated by the significant enhancement in current density under exposure at both half cycle of chronoamperometry. © 2023 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC
Cobalt-doped LaFeO3 for photo-Fenton degradation of organic pollutants and visible-light-assisted water splitting
(Springer, 2024) James, A.; Rodney, J.D.; Manojbabu, A.; Joshi, S.; Rao, L.; Badekai Ramachandra, B.R.; Udayashankar, N.K.
The increasing demand for clean energy sources and the growing concerns about environmental pollution have led to a significant interest in developing efficient photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems. Here, we report the visible-light-induced photo-Fenton catalytic degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) dye over LaFeO3 and LaCo xFe1−xO3 (x = 0.01, 0.05, 0.1) catalysts synthesized via the facile combustion method. The LaCo0.01Fe0.99O3 has significantly enhanced the photo-Fenton catalytic efficiency of LaFeO3 from 67.75 to 93.85% for MB dye removal after 180 min of light irradiation. The rate constants calculated via the pseudo-first-order kinetics mechanism are found to be 0.00532/min for LaFeO3 and 0.01476/min for LaCo0.01Fe0.99O3, respectively. In addition, the most effective LaCo0.01Fe0.99O3 catalyst has demonstrated remarkable degradation performance towards Tetracycline (TC) and Methyl Orange (MO) dye with an efficacy of 93.81% and 69.67%, respectively, indicating its versatility. Further, the pristine and doped LaFeO3 were structurally optimized using DFT, and the computed band gaps were following the experimental data. Interestingly, the same catalyst can be employed as a light-induced electrocatalyst in addition to water treatment by taking advantage of its dual functionality. The LaCo0.01Fe0.99O3 catalyst achieved a benchmark current density of 10 mA/cm2 for H2 evolution at an overpotential of 297 mV vs. RHE which further improved to 190 mV vs. RHE under illumination. This work provides valuable insights on partial Co incorporation at the B-site of LaFeO3 for the development of visible-light-induced photocatalytic and electrocatalytic systems, which is hoped to contribute to the advancement of sustainable energy production and environmental remediation. © 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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