scholarly journals An Investigation of Strontium Doped Erbium Oxide Nanoparticles for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Solution

Author(s):  
BHUVANESWARI KANDASAMY ◽  
Sreeja Balakrishnapillai Susselaa ◽  
Radha Sankararajan ◽  
Palanisamy Govindasamy ◽  
Pazhanivel Thangavelu ◽  
...  

Abstract A simple wet impregnation approach had been used to the successful preparation of different weight percentages of strontium/niobium doped Er2O3 nanoparticles. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and UV-visible (UV) spectroscopy was used to analyze the samples as they were prepared. With Sr and Nb doping at Er2O3 nanoparticles, the XRD patterns intensity was shifted, and its positioning was also shifted as weight percentages of doped were increased. Similarly, the lattice d spacing values were also decreased. According to HR-TEM images, Er2O3 seems to have a two-dimensional hexagonal nanoplate-like structure as well as being a few nm in size. The photocatalytic activities of pristine and Sr/Nb doped samples were evaluated against the methyl orange (MO) and rhodamine B (Rh B) dyes under UV-visible light irradiation. Within seventy-five minutes of UV-Visible light irradiation, the five-weight percentage of Sr doped Er2O3 nanoparticles shows significantly enhanced photocatalytic degradation efficiency against Rh B dye. The synergistic effect of the strong metal-support interaction between the Sr and Er2O3 nanoparticles could be attributed to the improved photocatalytic activity of the prepared samples. The cyclic stability and radical trapping experiments were also investigated against the same reaction conditions.

2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 1767-1771
Author(s):  
Gang Xin ◽  
Ju Shen ◽  
Ya Li Meng

The photodegradation of reactive green KE-4BD solution is investigated using N-doped titania (N-TiO2) under visible light irradiation. N-TiO2 is prepared using ammonia or urea as a nitrogen source and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller methods, and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra. The effects of the initial dye concentration and pH on photocatalytic degradation are studied, and the direct correlation between pH, dye concentration, and the rate of degradation are determined. Experimental results show that aqueous solutions of KE-4BD degrade easily in weakly acidic conditions in the presence of N-doped TiO2 (1 g/L) as a photocatalyst. The optimized dye concentration for photolysis is 150 mg/L. The complete degradation of KE-4BD could be achieved under visible light irradiation, and the dye molecules could be partly decomposed into inorganic substances.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 194-201
Author(s):  
Caroline Ponraj ◽  
D. Prabhakaran ◽  
G. Vinitha ◽  
Joseph Daniel

Citric acid assisted auto combustion method was used in the synthesis of BiFeO3 nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterised using X-ray powder diffraction, Scanning electron Microscope, BET surface area analysis, UV-Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectrometer and Vibratory Sample Magnetometer. The photocatalytic behaviour of the BFO nanoparticles has been studied by the degradation of the direct blue dye. It is observed that BFO shows a good photocatalytic degradation of dye in the visible light irradiation. The effect of pH, catalyst quantity has been studied. The optimum condition is identified as pH 2 and 150mg of the photocatalyst in 10ppm of the dye solution. The magnetic property of BiFeO3at room temperature helps in the efficient removal of them from the treated dye solution. The ability of BiFeO3 nanoparticles to absorb the solar energy and using it for the treatment of water gives it an upper hand over other photo catalysts like Titanium Oxide (TiO2) and Zinc Oxide (ZnO).


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 6383-6394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haishuai Li ◽  
Linlin Cai ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Huixian Shi

A noval ternary nanocomposite AgCl/Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 was successfully synthesized for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, methylparaben and inactivation of E. coli under visible light irradiation, showing excellent photocatalytic degradation performance and stability.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panbing Hu ◽  
Yanmei Xin ◽  
Congfei Yao ◽  
Yuqing Miao

The In2S3/BiOI composites were synthesized at room temperature which significantly improved the photocatalytic degradation performance of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) under visible light irradiation. Structure and morphology characterization have been performed...


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (20) ◽  
pp. 2473-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingchang Ke ◽  
Hongxu Guo ◽  
Dongfang Wang ◽  
Jianhua Chen ◽  
Wen Weng

Abstract


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (88) ◽  
pp. 47615-47624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Chunbo Liu ◽  
Guoling Wu ◽  
Yang Heng ◽  
Shuang Lin ◽  
...  

In this paper, Fe-doped SrTiO3 (FSTO) photocatalysts were successfully prepared via a facile solvothermal method, and their photocatalytic activities for degrading tetracycline (TC) under visible light irradiation were examined.


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