Titania-carbon dot-reduced graphene oxide composites, their make, and use

Aspects of the present disclosure are described in “TiO2/Carbon Dots Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites from Waste Car Bumper and TiO2 Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Applications,” which was authored by the inventors and published online in Arab. J. Chem. 2018, on Sep. 7, 2018, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.The present disclosure relates to materials and methods for waste management and/or water treatment, particularly in upcycling plastic waste to value added nanomaterials including reduced graphene oxide with embedded TiO2 and which may be useful in, e.g., photocatalytic water treatment. Such methods and materials may provide a sustainable approach to create nanocomposites materials, particularly for photocatalytic applications, and methods of upcycling plastic waste materials.Due to the rapid economic development of industries and improvement of living standards throughout the world, waste from non-biodegradable, man-made materials, such as pol...