Summary
In a nutshell, our experimental results have shown that TiO2 nanotubes has a maximum Cu2+ removal efficiency of 9.96 mg/g and as for the Cu-TiO2 nanotubes, the suspension with the highest Cu2+ dosage of 100 mg/L was able to achieve a relatively high production of hydrogen gas, of 194.7 cm3, in 60 minutes. This proves that this method of removing Cu2+ and producing hydrogen gas concurrently from water is very much feasible and would become an exciting field of research in the future that could possibly provide an alternative and efficient form of clean energy. We hope that our project could aid in the progress of such researches and bring us one step closer to achieving a technique whereby heavy metal ions can be removed, organic pollutants can be used as sacrificial reagents, bacteria can be eliminated with OH- radicals and hydrogen gas can be produced from water. Hence, this results in clean energy and clean water.
To provide a helicopter view of our project, we have conducted a SWOT analysis:
To provide a helicopter view of our project, we have conducted a SWOT analysis: