研究目的
Investigating the therapeutic effects of a specific herbal medicine on a particular disease.
研究成果
In summary, a multifunctional TiO2/1%Au/3%CdS QDs nanocomposite is successfully synthesized with high yield and studied towards the conversion of nitrophenols and degradation of ciprofloxacin. The longer lifetime of charge carriers in nanocomposite is successfully derived by impedance spectra and Bode phase analysis. The quantum size effect of CdS QDs, nanowire morphology of TiO2, hot electron transfer of Au is mainly responsible for the enhanced photocatalytic activity. The photoconversion of 2-NP and 4-NP to respective amino phenols over TiO2/1%Au/3% CdS QDs shows a conversion rate of 99 % and 67.68 % respectively. The same photocatalyst is also proved to be useful in degrading 99.4 % of ciprofloxacin. Most importantly, the catalyst is stable up to five consecutive photocatalytic cycles. Significantly, the approach of using 1D TiO2 nanowire integrated Au and CdS QDs may provide a groundbreaking objective for extending solar light absorption to ensure environmental remediation.
研究不足
The technical and application constraints of the experiments, as well as potential areas for optimization.