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the present invention discloses an electronically integrated nanocomposite composition for enhanced life time of charge carriers for solar hydrogen production from water splitting and the said composition comprising a along with b , c or d either alone or combination thereof , wherein a is selected from an oxide of a transition metal , preferably ti , zn , fe , co , mn ; b is selected from noble metals , preferably au , ag , pt , pd , ir , or combinations thereof and c is an anion , selected from n , s or combinations thereof and d is selected from the group consisting of reduced graphene oxide ( rgo ), graphene oxide ( go ) or carbon nanotubes . further , the carbon nanotubes of d are selected from single walled , double walled and multi - walled nano tubes . further , the present invention discloses a novel , simple one step process for the preparation of composition comprising a , b and c , wherein the said process comprises heating an aqueous solution of salts of transition metals , source of anion , preferably urea and aqueous solution of salts of noble metals together at high temperatures for sufficient time to obtain the composition . accordingly , the transition metals ( a ) salts are selected from the group consisting titanyl nitrate , zinc nitrate , ferric nitrate , etc , cobalt nitrate or manganese nitrate . the noble metal ( b ) salts are selected from the group consisting gold chloride , palladium chloride , platinum ammonium chloride , iridium chloride and silver chloride . the noble metal ( b ) is optionally selected from the group having more than one component selected from the group consisting of au + ag , au + pt , ag + pt and au + ag + pt . the process is carried out at temperatures ranging from 100 - 500 ° c . for 5 - 20 minutes . further , the present invention discloses a process for synthesis of composition abd comprising : a . dispersing transition metal oxide in water - ethanol solution ; b . adding source of carbon to solution of step ( a ) and sonicating till uniform dispersion is obtained ; c . adding aqueous solution of salts of noble metals to dispersion of step ( b ) and d . heating the contents of step ( c ) upto to 180 ° c . for 6 hours to obtain composition abd . further , the present invention discloses a process for synthesis of composition ad comprising : a . dispersing transition metal - oxide in water - ethanol solution ; b . adding source of carbon to solution of step ( a ) and sonicating till uniform dispersion is obtained ; c . heating the contents of step ( b ) up to 180 ° c . for 6 hours to obtain composition ad . further , the nanocomposite composition of the instant invention results in enhanced lifetime of charge carriers , particularly electrons , of greater than 2 pico seconds ( ps ). fig4 depicts the emission decay of xau - nt ( x = 0 . 05 and 0 . 1 ), and tio 2 - x n x . the materials excited with 375 nm led source , were determined for emission decay at 440 nm with 5000 counts . for tio 2 - x n x , before gold loading , its lifetime was measured to be 1 . 76 ps . upon introduction of nano gold on titania ( 0 . 05au - nt ), the lifetime of titania species increases to 21 . 1 ps . an order of magnitude increase in the lifetime from nt ( 1 . 76 ps ) to au - nt ( 21 . 1 ps ) underscores the importance of gold introduction . above observation directly demonstrates the energy transfer from nano gold to titania in an effective manner . in the instant nanocomposite composition comprising a , b and c , the transition metal oxide ( tio2 ) is doped using the anion source thus reducing the band gap of tio 2 and brings about the absorption of more visible light . the source of the anion n i . e . nitrogen is selected from easily combustible compounds such as amino acids , hydrazine , urea , thiourea , preferably urea and that of anion s i . e . sulphur may be selected from thio urea . the concentration of the noble metal ( b ) is in the range of 0 . 01 - 0 . 3 %. the present invention provides a nanocomposite composition comprising a , b and c , wherein au — tio 2 : n nanocomposites possesses disordered mesoporosity , low meso - channel depth (≦ 10 nm ) and high surface area in the range of 150 - 250 m 2 / g and electrically interconnected nanoparticles ( einp ) ( fig1 b ), the surface plasmon resonance ( spr ) of composition a - b - c appears in broad visible light in the range ( fig1 b ) between 500 and 800 nm for au on tio 2 - x n x composites . this indicates the absorption of large percent of visible light in the solar spectrum . further , the photocatalytic h 2 - generation activity of the nanocomposite composition is in the range of 1 - 1 . 8 mmol h − 1 g − 1 . following examples are given by way of illustration therefore should not be construed to limit the scope of the invention . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 684 gms ), 0 . 0008 g of gold chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 01 % gold on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 698 gms ), 0 . 0024 g of gold chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 03 % gold on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 682 gms ), 0 . 0040 g of gold chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 05 % gold on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 679 gms ), 0 . 0080 g of gold chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 1 % gold on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 668 gms ), 0 . 024 g of gold chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 3 % gold on n doped titania . the nanocomposite of gold on n doped titania prepared according to examples 1 - 5 were characterized by xrd and uv - visible absorption spectroscopy ( refer fig1 a and 1 b ). aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 679 gms ), 0 . 0035 g of palladium chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 1 % pd on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 679 gms ), 0 . 007 g of platinum ammonium chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 1 % pt on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 679 gms ), ( 0 . 006 ) g of iridium chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 1 % ir on n doped titania . aqueous titanyl nitrate ( 5 . 679 gms ), 0 . 00014 g of silver chloride and 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 1 % ag on n doped titania . for mixed au + pt on n - doped titania — 5 . 679 g of titanyl nitrate + 0 . 0008 gold chloride + 0 . 007 g of platinum ammonium chloride + 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 01 % au + 0 . 1 % pt on n doped titania . for mixed au + ag on n - doped titania — 5 . 679 g of titanyl nitrate + 0 . 0008 gold chloride + 0 . 00014 g of silver chloride + 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 01 % au + 0 . 1 % ag on n doped titania . for mixed ag + pt on n - doped titania — 5 . 679 g of titanyl nitrate + 0 . 00014 g of silver chloride + 0 . 007 g of platinum ammonium chloride + 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 1 % ag + 0 . 1 % pt on n doped titania . for mixed au + pt + ag on n - doped titania — 5 . 679 g of titanyl nitrate + 0 . 0008 gold chloride + 0 . 007 g of platinum ammonium chloride + 0 . 00014 g of silver chloride + 12 g of urea were taken in a 250 ml beaker and introduced into a muffle furnace maintained at 400 ° c . solid product was obtained in ten minutes with 0 . 01 % au + 0 . 1 % pt + 0 . 1 % ag on n doped titania . disperse 1 g of tio 2 in ( 100 ml ) water —( 50 ml ) ethanol solution . add 10 mg of go ( graphene oxide ) and sonicating till uniform dispersion is obtained . heat it to 180 ° c . for 6 hours in an oven to obtain composition 1 wt % rgo - tio 2 nanocomposite . disperse 1 g of tio 2 in ( 100 ml ) water —( 50 ml ) ethanol solution . add 30 mg of go and sonicating till uniform dispersion is obtained . heat it to 180 ° c . for 6 hours in an oven to obtain composition 3 wt % rgo - tio2 nanocomposite . disperse 1 g of tio 2 in ( 100 ml ) water —( 50 ml ) ethanol solution . add 50 mg of go and sonicating till uniform dispersion is obtained . heat it to 180 ° c . for 6 hours in an oven to obtain composition 5 wt % rgo - tio 2 nanocomposite . disperse 1 g of tio 2 in ( 100 ml ) water —( 50 ml ) ethanol solution . add 10 mg of multiwalled carbon nanotube and sonicating till uniform dispersion is obtained . heat it to 180 ° c . for 6 hours in an oven to obtain composition 1 wt % cnt ( carbon nantube )- tio 2 nanocomposite . 10 mg of gold chloride and 1 g of 1 wt % rgo - tio 2 is dispersed in 100 ml methanol — 50 ml water mixture . the dispersion was deareated by passing ar gas for half an hour . irradiate this dispersion with uv light for at least 1 h to get 1 wt % gold on 1 wt % rgo - tio2 . the photocatalytic activity was measured for the h 2 o splitting under visible light . the reaction was carried out at ambient conditions using a borosil photoreactor of ca . 50 ml capacity , equipped with a port for the withdrawal of gas samples at regular intervals . for each experiment , 100 mg of fresh nanocomposite was dispersed in 32 ml water and 8 ml methanol to serve as sacrificial reagent . 125 w simulated white light source was used as irradiation source . newport solar simulator with 125 w light source with am1 . 5 filter was also used for many experiments . the experiments were conducted at around ph = 7 . hydrogen evolved was sampled and analyzed periodically on a gas chromatograph ( chemito , model - 8610 , porapak - q column , thermal conductivity detector at 353 k ).

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