Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 221, Issue -, Pages 168-171Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.03.100
Keywords
CuO; TiO2 nanotubes; Photocatalyst; CO2 photoconversion
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Copper oxide (CuO) loaded titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotube photocatalyst was synthesised using the facile hydrothermal method. The synthesised photocatalyst were characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to study their physiochemical properties. The photocatalytic activity of the photocatalysts was tested for carbon dioxide (CO2) photoconversion into fuels. CuO loaded TiO2 nanotube demonstrated higher CO2 conversion (100%) than TiO2 nanotube (72.20%) because of the former's effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs in the presence of CuO. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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