Preparation and photocatalytic degradation of erbium doped titanium dioxide nanorods

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) in water was examined using Er3+-doped TiO2 (Er-TiO2) nanorods prepared by a solegel derived electrospinning, calcination, and subsequent mechanical grinding. Different concentrations of Er dopant in the range of 0e1.0 mol% were synthesized to evaluate the effect of Er content on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2. Among Er3+-TiO2 catalysts, the 0.7 mol% Er3+-TiO2 catalyst showed the highest MB degradation rate. The degradation kinetic constant (k) increased from 1.0 × 10-3 min-1 to 5.1 × 10-3 min-1 with the increase of Er3+ doping from 0 to 0.7 mol%, but decreased down to 2.1 × 10-3 min-1 when Er3+ content was 1.0 mol%. It can be concluded that the degradation of MB under UV radiation was more efficient with Er3+-TiO2 catalyst than with pure TiO2. The higher activity might be attributed to the transition of 4f electrons of Er3+ and red shifts of the optical absorption edge of TiO2 by erbium ion doping.

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