Preparation, characterization, and photocatalytic activity under UV and visible light of Co, Mn, and Ni mono-doped and (P,Mo) and (P,W) co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles: a comparative study
2021
El Mragui, Abderrahim | Zegaoui, Omar | Daou, Ikram | Esteves da Silva, Joaquim Carlos Gomes
In this work, TiO₂-based nanomaterials have been successfully synthesized by doping TiO₂ with Co, Mn, and Ni and by co-doping it with (P,Mo) or (P,W). The structural, optical, and morphological properties of the synthesized nanomaterials have been investigated using various techniques such as XRD, FTIR spectroscopy, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, XPS, and SEM-EDS. The obtained results showed that the crystalline structure of the doped TiO₂-based nanomaterials depends strongly on the nature of the doping ions. The obtained band gap energy of TiO₂ co-doped with (P,Mo) changes to a level below the band gap energy of TiO₂ anatase indicating a high ability to absorb visible light. The obtained photocatalytic activity results of methyl orange degradation showed that, under visible light, the mono-doping of TiO₂ with Co and its co-doping with (P,Mo) or (P,W) improve significantly the photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ in comparison with undoped TiO₂. The activity order obtained under UV-A irradiation for the used photocatalysts is TiO₂ > > 1%Ni-TiO₂ > 1%Co-TiO₂ > 30%(P,Mo)-TiO₂ ≈ 30%(P,W)TiO₂ > 1%Mn-TiO₂ while under visible light, it is 1%Co-TiO₂ > 30%(P,Mo)-TiO₂ > 30%(P,W)TiO₂ ≈ TiO₂ > 1%Ni-TiO₂ > 1%Mn-TiO₂. The high photocatalytic activity observed for these samples could be the result of a synergetic effect of the high visible light absorption capacity and the low recombination rate of photoexcited electrons and holes.
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