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Author: search.filters.author.Sharma, Surender KumarSubject: search.filters.subject.Photocatalysis

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    Facile synthesis of Bi2WO6/rGO nanocomposites for photocatalytic and solar cell applications
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-02-22T00:00:00) Shad, Naveed Akhtar; Sajid, Muhammad Munir; Afzal, Amir Muhammad; Amin, Nasir; Javed, Yasir; Hassan, Safia; Imran, Zahid; Razaq, Aamir; Yousaf, Muhammad Imran; Munawar, Anam; Sharma, Surender Kumar
    Manipulation of materials at nanoscale provides many new and enhanced properties to be utilized for multifaceted applications, which was not possible before. In this study, we fabricated Bi2WO6/rGO composites using hydrothermal method. The obtained composites were then examined using different analytical techniques such as XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, XPS, BET, and AFM. Their catalytic properties were assayed by carrying out the degradation of organic dye Rhodamine B (RhB) and employed as a hole transport layer (HTL) in the perovskite solar cells. The fabricated nanocomposites were able to degrade 98% of dye solution within 4 h. The improved photocatalysis is attributed to a large surface area ~86.06 m2/g with pore size 7.812 nm and enhanced separation of electron-hole pair charges due to rGO sheets. The open-circuit voltage was increased up to 0.94 V when composite materials were used as HTL. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the device was enhanced to 11% because of the improvement in the interface quality between HTL and the perovskite layer. It is conceived that the fabricated nanomaterial may show excellent potential in smart solar cell applications. � 2021 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l.
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    BiFeO3/g-C3N4/f-CNF ternary nanocomposite as an efficient photocatalyst for methylene blue dye degradation under solar light irradiation
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023-06-21T00:00:00) Deeksha; Kour, Pawanpreet; Ahmed, Imtiaz; Haldar, Krishna Kanta; Yadav, C.S.; Sharma, Surender Kumar; Yadav, Kamlesh
    The development of Perovskite oxide photocatalysts with superior dye degradation efficiency under solar light irradiation has gained attention in recent years, owing to their extraordinary flexibility, chemical composition, and tunability. Herein, we report the facile synthesis of a novel ternary composite composed of BiFeO3 (BFO) perovskite, g-C3N4, and functionalized carbon nanofibers (f-CNF), referred to as BFO/g-C3N4/f-CNF using a simple solution method as a photocatalyst to accelerate the degradation of methylene blue dye. Detailed structural and microstructural features confirm the formation of a ternary composite composed of BFO nanoparticles and f-CNFs mounted on g-C3N4 nanosheets. The photocatalytic activity of the sample for the degradation of methylene blue dye was studied in solar light using UV�visible spectroscopy. The BFO/g-C3N4/f-CNF ternary composite displays excellent photocatalytic activity with a degradation rate of 87 % after illumination for 120 min under solar light than BFO, g-C3N4, and binary composites BFO/g-C3N4 and BFO/f-CNF. The highest rate constant (k = 0.01675 min?1) for BFO/g-C3N4/f-CNF further confirms improved photocatalytic efficiency. The red shift in the UV�visible absorption spectrum of BFO/g-C3N4/f-CNF indicates a reduced band gap (1.9 eV) compared to that of pure BFO (2.28 eV) and g-C3N4 ( 2.72 eV). A decrease in the photoluminescence intensity of the ternary composite compared to that of BFO indicates the inhibition of photoexcited electron recombination which results in the availability of more charge carriers for the photocatalytic process. The enhanced efficiency of BFO/g-C3N4/f-CNF can be explained by the synergistic effect between BFO and g-C3N4 and the incorporation of f-CNF further promotes the migration rate of electrons from BFO to g-C3N4. � 2023 Elsevier B.V.