DOI: 10.1039/d6nj01670g ISSN: 1144-0546
Linking molecular structure and surface engineering: a hybrid diphosphate material for the enhancement of TiO 2 photocatalytic efficiency
Jawher Makhlouf, Kandasamy Saravanan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Youness El Bakri, Aseel Smerat, Lamy Mamdoh Mohamed Hamed, Arto Valkonen, Wajda Smirani, Ahmed El-HarairyA novel non-centrosymmetric hybrid diphosphate compound, H 2 P 2 O 7 ·2(C 8 H 12 N)·H 2 O, was synthesized via an acid–base reaction and structurally characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, TGA and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.