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Hierarchically structure CrO4–TiO2 nanocomposite material and its multi application

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The CrO4–TiO2 nanocomposite material has been successfully achieved the precipitation route and sonication technique. The experimental results exposes that 400 °C of CrO4–TiO2 nanocomposite material exhibited in the higher photoatalytic activity for the degradation of azo dye Trypan Blue (TB) under UV-light. This nanocomposite material was characterized by High-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM) with elementary dispersive X-ray (EDX), High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), XRD analysis, photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), UV–Vis DRS and BET-Surface analysis. The HR-SEM images reveal that most nanoflakes are linked together by an edge-to-flat-surface by the conjunction of EDX studies that Ti, O and Cr are in higher mediation. The HR-TEM images indicate a spherical and hexagonal in structure. The CrO4–TiO2 nanocomposite material was found to be the stable and reusable. This nanocomposite material was an antibacterial activity and an electrochemical activity as showed highest activity that of TiO2 nanocomposite material was reported.

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Santhi, N., Subashri, K. & Prabhakaran, B. Hierarchically structure CrO4–TiO2 nanocomposite material and its multi application. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 15074–15085 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9648-1

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