Synergistic Effects of Sm and C Co-Doped Mixed Phase Crystalline TiO2 for Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Materials & Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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College of Material Engineering, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua 617000, China
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Materials 2017, 10(2), 209; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10020209
Received: 6 December 2016
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Revised: 6 February 2017
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Accepted: 15 February 2017
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Published: 21 February 2017
Mixed phase TiO2 nanoparticles with element doping by Sm and C were prepared via a facile sol-gel procedure. The UV-Vis light-diffuse reflectance spectroscopy analysis showed that the absorption region of co-doped TiO2 was shifted to the visible-light region, which was attributed to incorporation of samarium and carbon into the TiO2 lattice during high-temperature reaction. Samarium effectively decreased the anatase-rutile phase transformation. The grain size can be controlled by Sm doping to achieve a large specific surface area useful for the enhancement of photocatalytic activity. The photocatalytic activities under visible light irradiation were evaluated by photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB). The degradation rate of MB over the Sm-C co-doped TiO2 sample was the best. Additionally, first-order apparent rate constants increased by about 4.3 times compared to that of commercial Degusssa P25 under the same experimental conditions. Using different types of scavengers, the results indicated that the electrons, holes, and •OH radicals are the main active species for the MB degradation. The high visible-light photocatalytic activity was attributed to low recombination of the photo-generated electrons and holes which originated from the synergistic effect of the co-doped ions and the heterostructure.
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Peng, F.; Gao, H.; Zhang, G.; Zhu, Z.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Q. Synergistic Effects of Sm and C Co-Doped Mixed Phase Crystalline TiO2 for Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity. Materials 2017, 10, 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10020209
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Peng F, Gao H, Zhang G, Zhu Z, Zhang J, Liu Q. Synergistic Effects of Sm and C Co-Doped Mixed Phase Crystalline TiO2 for Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity. Materials. 2017; 10(2):209. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10020209
Chicago/Turabian StylePeng, Fuchang, Honglin Gao, Genlin Zhang, Zhongqi Zhu, Jin Zhang, and Qingju Liu. 2017. "Synergistic Effects of Sm and C Co-Doped Mixed Phase Crystalline TiO2 for Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity" Materials 10, no. 2: 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10020209
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