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. 2018 Jan 30;8:1894. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19972-0

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Role of auxiliary light harvester in contaminant-activated photocatalysis. (a) Hypothetical mechanism of contaminant-activated visible light photocatalysis with auxiliary light harvester polyhydroxy fullerene. (b) Ground state absorption spectra for anatase (TiO2), polyhydroxy fullerenes (PHF) on silica and anatase coating (PHF + TiO2). (c) Pseudo first order rate coefficients for degradation of Mordant Orange dye on anatase (TiO2) and anatase + 0.01 (w/w) PHF (TiO2 + 0.01PHF) coatings. Dark control measures the ability of the photocatalytic coatings to degrade dye in the dark. N = 10.