<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karthik, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinoth, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selvam, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balaraman, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Navaneethan, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hayakawa, Y.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neppolian, B.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Visible-light active catechol-metal oxide carbonaceous polymeric material for enhanced photocatalytic activity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Materials Chemistry A</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">384-396</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;esigning new materials for sustainable energy and environmental applications is one of the prime focuses in chemical science. Here, an unprecedented visible-light active catechol-TiO2 carbonaceous polymer based organic-inorganic hybrid material was synthesized by a photosynthetic route. The visible light induced (&amp;gt; 400 nm) photosynthetic polymerization of catechol led to the formation of carbonaceous polymeric deposits on the surface of TiO2. The band gap energy of hybrids was shifted to the visible region by orbital hybridization between 3d(Ti) of TiO2 and 2p(O), pi(C) of catechol. The Tauc plot clearly revealed that 1.0 wt% catechol-TiO2 carbonaceous polymer remarkably tailored the optical band gap of TiO2 from 3.1 eV to 1.9 eV. The synthesized hybrid materials were thoroughly characterized and their photocatalytic activity was evaluated towards toxic Cr(VI) to relatively less toxic Cr(III) reduction under visible light irradiation (&amp;gt; 400 nm), and solar light-driven H-2 production through water splitting. Very interestingly, the hybrid material showed 5- and 10-fold enhanced activity for photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction and solar light-driven H-2 production respectively compared with pure TiO2. Moreover, the hybrid materials showed enhanced stability during photocatalysis. Thus, the simple photosynthetic strategy for developing light harvesting organic-inorganic hybrid materials can open up potential applications in energy and environmental remediation.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8.262</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, T. R. Naveen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yuvaraj, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kavitha, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sudhakar, Vediappan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishnamoorthy, Kothandam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neppolian, B.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aromatic amine passivated TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) with similar to 9.8% efficiency</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solar Energy</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aromatic amines</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DSSC</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electron injection</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lifetime</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Scattering layer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TiO2</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">201</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">965-971</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In this work, the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) was improved by capping TiO2 with simple aromatic amines as a complexing agent. The aromatic amines, aniline and o-phenylenediamine capped TiO2 composites were synthesized via hydrothermal route and used as scattering layer in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Markedly, the maximum photo-conversion efficiency of 9.84% was achieved with o-phenylenediamine capped-TiO2 composite as o-phenylenediamine capped-TiO2 showed higher reflectivity than the pristine TiO2, which is highly beneficial for reflecting the photons back to photoanode. In addition, the average life time of carriers in o-phenylenediamine capped-TiO2 was found to be 9.8 ms, which was 2 times higher than the pristine TiO2 (4.29 ms).&lt;/p&gt;
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