Abstract
Europium (III) and niobium (V) co-doped TiO2 nanopowders were synthesized in Ar/O2 radio-frequency thermal plasmas by pyrolyzing aqueous precursors that contained various concentrations of Eu 3+/(Eu3+ + Nb5+ + Ti4+) = 0-0.5 at.% and Nb5+/(Eu3+ + Nb5+ + Ti4+) = 0-1.0 at.%. Phase identification was performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle morphology was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and UV-vis absorption spectra were determined by UV-vis spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities under UV and visible light irradiations were both evaluated by bleaching 20 μM of a methyl orange aqueous solution. All the resulting powders had a phase composition of anatase (30-66 nm crystalline size) (major phase: ∼80% mass proportion) and rutile (56-94 nm crystalline size) polymorphs, with a relatively wide particle size distribution from several nanometers (faceted crystallites) to ∼100 nm (spherical particles). The photocatalytic activities dominated by oxygen defects in the TiO2 host lattice for the powders prepared with identical doping concentrations of Eu3+ and Nb5+ were both superior under UV and visible light irradiations over those obtained with different doping amounts. More interestingly, the co-doped powder exhibited an improved photocatalytic performance under 600-700 nm visible light illumination than the Eu3+-doped TiO2 and P25 commercial powders.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 37-43 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
| Volume | 606 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sep 5 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Photocatalytic activities of europium (III) and niobium (V) co-doped TiO2 nanopowders synthesized in Ar/O2 radio-frequency thermal plasmas. / Zhang, Chenning; Uchikoshi, Tetsuo; Li, Ji Guang; Watanabe, Takayuki; Ishigaki, Takamasa.
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T1 - Photocatalytic activities of europium (III) and niobium (V) co-doped TiO2 nanopowders synthesized in Ar/O2 radio-frequency thermal plasmas
AU - Zhang, Chenning
AU - Uchikoshi, Tetsuo
AU - Li, Ji Guang
AU - Watanabe, Takayuki
AU - Ishigaki, Takamasa
PY - 2014/9/5
Y1 - 2014/9/5
N2 - Europium (III) and niobium (V) co-doped TiO2 nanopowders were synthesized in Ar/O2 radio-frequency thermal plasmas by pyrolyzing aqueous precursors that contained various concentrations of Eu 3+/(Eu3+ + Nb5+ + Ti4+) = 0-0.5 at.% and Nb5+/(Eu3+ + Nb5+ + Ti4+) = 0-1.0 at.%. Phase identification was performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle morphology was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and UV-vis absorption spectra were determined by UV-vis spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities under UV and visible light irradiations were both evaluated by bleaching 20 μM of a methyl orange aqueous solution. All the resulting powders had a phase composition of anatase (30-66 nm crystalline size) (major phase: ∼80% mass proportion) and rutile (56-94 nm crystalline size) polymorphs, with a relatively wide particle size distribution from several nanometers (faceted crystallites) to ∼100 nm (spherical particles). The photocatalytic activities dominated by oxygen defects in the TiO2 host lattice for the powders prepared with identical doping concentrations of Eu3+ and Nb5+ were both superior under UV and visible light irradiations over those obtained with different doping amounts. More interestingly, the co-doped powder exhibited an improved photocatalytic performance under 600-700 nm visible light illumination than the Eu3+-doped TiO2 and P25 commercial powders.
AB - Europium (III) and niobium (V) co-doped TiO2 nanopowders were synthesized in Ar/O2 radio-frequency thermal plasmas by pyrolyzing aqueous precursors that contained various concentrations of Eu 3+/(Eu3+ + Nb5+ + Ti4+) = 0-0.5 at.% and Nb5+/(Eu3+ + Nb5+ + Ti4+) = 0-1.0 at.%. Phase identification was performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle morphology was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and UV-vis absorption spectra were determined by UV-vis spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities under UV and visible light irradiations were both evaluated by bleaching 20 μM of a methyl orange aqueous solution. All the resulting powders had a phase composition of anatase (30-66 nm crystalline size) (major phase: ∼80% mass proportion) and rutile (56-94 nm crystalline size) polymorphs, with a relatively wide particle size distribution from several nanometers (faceted crystallites) to ∼100 nm (spherical particles). The photocatalytic activities dominated by oxygen defects in the TiO2 host lattice for the powders prepared with identical doping concentrations of Eu3+ and Nb5+ were both superior under UV and visible light irradiations over those obtained with different doping amounts. More interestingly, the co-doped powder exhibited an improved photocatalytic performance under 600-700 nm visible light illumination than the Eu3+-doped TiO2 and P25 commercial powders.
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JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
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