Efficient and Eco-Friendly Mechanical Milling Preparation of Anatase/Rutile TiO2-Glucose Composite with Energy Gap Enhancement

In the current study, Anatase/rutile TiO2 and Anatase/rutile TiO2@Glucose composites were successfully prepared by a simple method using mechanical technique. The as-prepared composite materials powders were characterized by Powder X-ray diffraction analysis (PXRD), Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), and Solid-state UV-visible spectroscopy. X-ray patterns showed the fractional phase transformation from TiO2 anatase to rutile. SEM observations revealed that the particle shape was affected by the ball milling process. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis exhibits quantitatively the elemental composition of Ti and O. UV-Visible spectroscopy confirmed that the bandgap is slightly affected using Tauc.