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• TITLE: Enhanced Photocatalytic Remediation Using Graphene (G)-Titanium Oxide (TiO2) Nanocomposite Material in Visible Light Radiation

  AUTHORS: Srikanth Gunti, Michael McCrory, Ashok Kumar, Manoj K. Ram

  KEYWORDS: G-TiO2, Photocatalyst, Decontamination, Toluene, Naphthalene, Petroleum

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Vol.7 No.7, July 21, 2016

  ABSTRACT: The petroleum compounds were photocatalytically remediated from water using graphene (G)- titanium oxide (TiO2) nanocomposite material in visible light radiation. The G-TiO2 nanocomposite was synthesized using sol-gel technique, and its structural & morphological properties were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), particle analyzer and UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) measurement techniques. Various petroleum-based chemicals (toluene, naphthalene and diesel) were remediated, and samples were analyzed using optical and gas chromatography (GC) techniques. The mechanism of photocatalytic remediation of petroleum compounds using G-TiO2 nanomaterials is understood and well compared with data available in literature.