%0 Journal Article
%T Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue and Malachite Green Dyes with CuWO<sub>4</sub>-GO Nano Composite
%A Sunitha Medidi
%A Sowmyasree Markapurapu
%A Mastan Rao Kotupalli
%A Rama Krishna Reddy Chinnam
%A Venkata Mahalakshmi Susarla
%A Hima Bindu Gandham
%A Paul Douglas Sanasi
%J Modern Research in Catalysis
%P 17-34
%@ 2168-4499
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/mrc.2018.72002
%X Copper Tungstate-Graphene Oxide nano composites have been successfully applied as excellent catalysts for the photocatalytic degradation with Methylene blue and Malachite green dyes under visible light irradiation. A facile&nbsp;solid state metathesis synthesis of copper tungstate (CuWO<sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) followed by ball milling and subsequent preparation of copper tungstate-graphene oxide&nbsp;(CuWO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">GO) nano composite using a colloidal blending process and its application as a visible light photocatalyst for the degradation of Malachite green and Methylene blue dyes. The morphology and composition of copper tungstate (CuWO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) nano composite have been characterized using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), UV</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectra (UV-DRS), Raman Spectra,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM)</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">EDS and UV Visible Spectroscopy. It shows a band gap value of 2.13 eV, an increase in range and intensity of light absorption and the reduction of electron</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">hole pair recombination in CuWO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> with the introducing of GO on to it.</span></span>
%K Copper Tungstate
%K Graphene Oxide
%K Metathesis
%K Methylene Blue
%K Malachite Green
%K Visible Light Photodegradation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=84222