Journal
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
Volume 389, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112292
Keywords
Melanin; Visible light; Photocatalysts; Methyl Orange; Cr (VI)
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Funding
- Australian Research Council [DE150101617]
- Research Excellence Grant Scheme of Deakin University
- Australian Government Research Training Program Fees Offset Scholarship
- Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
- Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Deakin University's Advanced Characterization Facility
- La Trobe University Centre for Materials and Surface Science
- Australian Research Council [DE150101617] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Melanin has attracted researchers' attention in recent years due to its intriguing properties and various applications in different fields. Here, we fabricated a highly efficient photocatalytic material through utilizing the natural melanin (NM) isolated from textile scraps like yak hair wastes. A simple one-step process was employed to synthesize titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles on the surface of NM. The synthesized NM/TiO2 hybrids exhibited prominent photocatalytic activity for the simultaneous removal of methyl orange (MO) and hexavalent chromium ions (Cr (VI)) under visible light irradiations, which constitute similar to 45 % of the solar light. Our results revealed that NM served as a base material with abundant catechol groups to form C-O-Ti bonds with TiO2 nanoparticles, which narrowed the band gap and broadened the light response of the hybrids. The working mechanism of NM/TiO2 hybrids for the simultaneous removal of dyes (MO) and heavy metal ions (Cr (VI)) was thoroughly explored and proposed. This work highlighted the potential of the NM/TiO2 hybrids for textile dyeing effluent treatment with more efficient utilization of solar spectrum. Our work also opens a pathway for the design of advanced NM-based functional materials from various NM-enriched wastes such as human hair wastes, squid ink, etc.
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