Abstract
AbstractThe contemporary focus on global concerns such as carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions impacting the environment and contributing to the energy crisis has prompted exploration into alternatives, with photocatalysis emerging as a potential solution. This research involved the development of a PT (TiO2) photocatalyst, synthesized through the hydrothermal method and enhanced with double co‐catalysts of copper and nickel via the wet impregnation technique. The characteristics of the resulting photocatalysts were comprehensively examined using various techniques, including XRD, Raman, UV‐Vis DRS, surface area and pore analysis, SEM‐EDX, HRTEM, XPS, PL, and EPR. The characterization outcomes revealed that the PT phase comprised anatase, brookite, and rutile. The incorporation of double co‐catalysts was evident through the emergence of new peaks in the XRD diffraction pattern, corroborated by SEM, HRTEM, and XPS analysis. In the activity test, CNT‐4 (Cu−Ni/TiO2‐400) exhibited the highest methanol yield at 772.41 μmole g−1 h−1, followed by CONTT‐4 (CuO−NiTiO3/TiO2‐400) with 750.38 μmole g−1 h−1 after three hours of irradiation using a 300 W xenon lamp, while methanol in PT formed only after three hours of irradiation. The presence of co‐catalysts significantly influenced methanol yield, attributed to the increased active sites for the reaction and the reduced band gap, impacting light absorption optimization and suppressing electron‐hole recombination. In CNT‐4, the formation of Ti3+ associated with oxygen vacancies facilitated the generation of more products.
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