We investigated the visible-light sensitive photocatalytic ability of a designed ternary Pd-GO/TiON nanocomposite for use as an effective photocatalyst in membranes. We succeeded in synthesizing the TiO2-based photocatalyst for Suzuki coupling reaction and application of this photocatalyst for fabricating high performance photocatalytic membrane. In this regard, palladium metal as a complementary metal in combination with N-doped TiO2 (TiON) and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets was utilized to synthesize the upgraded version of the visible light sensitive nanocomposite photocatalyst. The synthesis of Pd-GO/TiON hierarchical nanostructure was confirmed by detecting Ti, Pd, C, O and N elements by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and EDX mapping analysis. Then, a series of PVDF-based photocatalytic nanocomposite membranes (PhNMs) filled with Pd-GO/TiON was fabricated. Evaluating the yield of Pd-GO/TiON photocatalyst was around 99% and 70% for heterogeneous system and the prepared PhNM containing 3% Pd-GO/TiON, respectively. Although, yield of Pd-GO/TiON photocatalyst in membrane is not comparable with the high yield reported by other researchers in heterogeneous system; however, it can be considered as a valuable result because of the importance of photocatalytic reactions and the environmental advantages of membrane technology. Furthermore, various analyses were also performed to study the synthesized photocatalysts and the prepared photocatalytic membranes, including thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry (DRS).

Photocatalytic Membrane Palladium N-doped TiO2 Graphene Oxide Polyvinylidene Fluoride

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