Shafeera N N, Saravanakkumar D, Rafi K Mohamed, Ayeshamariam A, Kaviyarasu K
Department of Physics, Khadir Mohideen College, (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli), India.
PG and Research Department of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Microsc Res Tech. 2025 Feb;88(2):523-531. doi: 10.1002/jemt.24678. Epub 2024 Oct 27.
In the present work, the photocatalytic activity against the natural dye extracted from the novel fruits has been studied by the BaTiO nanoparticles (NPs) under a ultra-violet (UV) light source. The large concentrations of an essential phenolic agent present in this phytochemical extract superimposed with cloths fibers make strong stain and degrade into another form of toxic, which is excluded from the many textiles industries as the colorful waste waters without recycling and removal of that dye pigments have been investigated using both photodegradation and photoluminescence techniques. The entitled nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared using the soft chemical root-modified solvothermal synthesis combo method and exposure to heat treatment such that the annealing process has been done for different temperatures ranging from 100°C to 250°C. As for as concern the characterization, as a start, structural and morphology studies have been reported here that highly crystalline oriented peaks data using powder x-ray diffraction techniques (PXRD) as well as the surface morphology including the size, shape, and mass distribution using the field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques, which purely belong to rutile tetragonal structure of the crystal system and circular and noncircular flakes like rough surface morphology materials respectively. The lattice dissociation constant 'ε' value of the BaTiO NPs has determined to be 2.71 × 10 using the Williamson-Hall (W-H plot) analysis of crystallographic data. In the UV visible spectroscopy findings, since the extreme quantum confinement of BaTiO nanoflakes/nanodisc, the optical energy bandgap has been estimated to be a range of 1.98 to 2.67 eV (2.48 eV) found from the Tauc plot analysis, which contributes to the significantly owing to the enhanced photocatalytic efficiency with excellent performance along exciton formation, superoxide ions, and hydroxyl free radicals generations under UV-vis light irradiation resulting in efficient degradation of typical novel fruit organic dye. Photoluminescence spectra observed at room temperature and low temperature have been observed for the BaTiO nanoflakes, which exhibit the blue emission due to the crystalline defects such as the appearance of Ba vacancies leads to the conceivable beginning of p-type conductivity and the origination of free exciton emission reveals the direct bandgap transition nature of nanoflakes. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: According to our findings, 89.71% of the natural syzygium cumin is degraded by photocatalysis reaction. As a plausible mechanism for the destruction of natural dyes under solar light, photocatalytic destruction has been proposed. The reaction between these reactive free radical species leads to high efficiency photodegradation with a short decay time. In addition to water treatment and environmental cleaning applications, the excellent performance of this photocatalyst makes it a promising candidate for other applications. Hence, the synthesized BaTiO nanoflakes showcase a highly significant advancement towards the development of a textiles dye recycling method.
在本研究中,通过BaTiO纳米颗粒(NPs)在紫外(UV)光源下,研究了其对从新型水果中提取的天然染料的光催化活性。该植物化学提取物中存在的大量必需酚类物质与织物纤维叠加,会产生强烈污渍并降解为另一种有毒形式,由于未经回收和去除染料色素的彩色废水,许多纺织工业将其排除在外,对此已使用光降解和光致发光技术进行了研究。所提及的纳米颗粒(NPs)采用软化学根改性溶剂热合成组合方法制备,并进行热处理,使得退火过程在100°C至250°C的不同温度下进行。关于表征,首先,这里报道了结构和形态研究,使用粉末X射线衍射技术(PXRD)获得了高结晶取向峰数据,以及使用场发射扫描电子显微镜(FESEM)技术获得的表面形态,包括尺寸、形状和质量分布,它们分别纯粹属于晶体系统的金红石四方结构和具有粗糙表面形态材料的圆形和非圆形薄片。使用晶体学数据的威廉姆森 - 霍尔(W - H图)分析确定BaTiO NPs的晶格解离常数“ε”值约为2.71× 10。在紫外可见光谱研究结果中,由于BaTiO纳米薄片/纳米圆盘的极端量子限制,通过Tauc图分析估计光学能带隙在1.98至2.67 eV(约2.48 eV)范围内,这在紫外 - 可见光照射下,由于激子形成、超氧离子和羟基自由基生成的增强,对光催化效率有显著贡献,从而导致典型新型水果有机染料的有效降解。已观察到BaTiO纳米薄片在室温及低温下的光致发光光谱,由于诸如Ba空位的出现等晶体缺陷,其呈现蓝色发射,这导致了p型导电性的可能起始,并且自由激子发射的起源揭示了纳米薄片的直接带隙跃迁性质。研究亮点:根据我们的发现,89.71%的天然孜然通过光催化反应被降解。作为太阳光下天然染料破坏的一种合理机制,已提出光催化破坏。这些活性自由基物种之间的反应导致高效光降解且衰减时间短。除了水处理和环境清洁应用外,这种光催化剂的优异性能使其成为其他应用的有前途的候选者。因此,合成的BaTiO纳米薄片展示了在纺织品染料回收方法开发方面的高度显著进展。