• Ahmaruzzaman, Md.
• Raha, Sauvik

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The current work involves synthesis of hybrid nanomaterial of In<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>/MoS<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> and their applications as photocatalysts for disintegration of esomeprazole under visible light illumination. The data emerged from various analyses testified to the successful construction of the desired nano-scaled hybrid photocatalyst. Tauc plot gave the band gap of In<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>/MoS<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> to be ~ 2.15 eV. Synergistic effects of the integrant components enabled efficacious photocatalytic performances of the nanocomposite. The nanohybrid photocatalyst In<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>/MoS<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> showed photodecomposition up to ~ 92.92% within 50 min. The current work realizes its objective of constructing metal oxide based hybrid nano-photocatalyst supported on MoS<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> sheets for activity in the visible spectrum, which displayed remarkable capacity of disintegrating emerging persistent organic contaminants and are magnetically recoverable.</jats:p>

Topics

• nanocomposite