AgPO-Deposited TiO@TiC Petals for Highly Efficient Photodecomposition of Various Organic Dyes under Solar Light.

Two-dimensional TiC MXenes can be used to fabricate hierarchical TiO nanostructures that are potential photocatalysts. In this study, the photodecomposition of organic dyes under solar light was investigated using flower-like TiO@TiC, deposited using narrow bandgap AgPO. The surface morphology, crystalline structure, surface states, and optical bandgap properties were determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), nitrogen adsorption analysis, and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS).