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PREPARATION OF Mg-DOPED TiO₂ NANOPARTICLES FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF SOME ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: In this study, the sol-gel method was used to prepare Mg-doped TiO2 nanoparticles from titanium tetraisopropoxide and magnesium sulfate as the dopant precursors. Mg-doped TiO2 shows the formation of anatase phase with polyhedral and spherical particles with an average size of 25-30 nm. X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence were used to characterize the prepared material. The photocatalytic degradation performance of rhodamine B, nonylphenol ethoxylates, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, and nicotine on Mg-doped TiO2 was studied under UV irradiation. The photocatalytic degradation shows that 98.92, 98.00, 98.00 and 97.95% of rhodamine B, nonylphenol ethoxylates, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, and nicotine was decomposed by Mg-doped TiO2, respectively.

Source: Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia

DOI: 10.24193/subbchem.2019.1.01

Authors: Masoud GIAHI, Deepak PATHANIA, Shilpi AGARWAL, M. A. Ali GOMAA, Kwok Feng CHONG, Vinod Kumar GUPTA

Institutions: Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch, Central University of Jammu, King Abdulaziz University, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Al-Azhar University

Language: English

Topic: TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Islamic Azad University

OpenAlex ID: W2928147889

FWCI: 1.859

Cites: 1

Cited by: 47

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