Efficient photocatalytic degradation of hazardous pollutants by homemade kitchen blender novel technique via 2D-material of few-layer MXene nanosheets

To attain elevated class MXene (Ti(3)C(2)Tx) through a homemade kitchen blender method, high shear mechanical exfoliation is highly required for the efficient delimitations of MXene nanosheets from bulk MAX (Ti3AlC2). We examine large-scale industrial productions of the MXene nanosheets, where combing the predicted 2D materials using a blender is a first-time novel approach with the delaminating solvent as a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). And also manually created layered MXene systems (handmade) delaminating MXene sheets (MX-H) was furthermore employed for environmental dye-degradations applications. The materials characterizations was done for both the bulk MAX, MX-H and the MX-B. Additionally, the surface morphological studies like scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were investigated for both MX-H and MX-B as-prepared samples. SEM images indicated the high shear blander technique formations highly expanded/delaminated MXene (Ti(3)C(2)Tx) nanosheets compared to MX-H samples. FTIR technique is employed to identify -OH, C-H, C-O stretching vibrations for both materials. Raman spectroscopy analysis of MX-H and MX-B revealed 484.80 cm(-1) Raman shift assigned to E1g phonon mode of (Ti, C, O). The ultraviolet UV visible absorption spectra explored pure and catalyst added Methylene Blue (MB) dye stock solution using annular type photoreactor with visible light source of 300 W. The comparatives of MAX, MX-H and MX-B samples was investigated as photocatalytic activity, The blender made (MX-B) sample revealed 98% of efficiency.

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The study focuses on achieving high-quality MXene using a homemade kitchen blender method, emphasizing the importance of high shear mechanical exfoliation for efficient delamination from bulk MAX. The novel approach of combing predicted 2D materials with a blender, and the use of DMSO as a delaminating solvent, is explored for large-scale industrial production of MXene nanosheets. Characterizations and analyses such as SEM, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy were conducted to compare MX-H and MX-B samples, with the blender-made MX-B demonstrating a high photocatalytic efficiency of 98%.