Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using metal doped TiO2 under Visible Light Irradiation | ||
| Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2019, Pages 104-111 PDF (597.72 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jbes.2019.370599 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. M. Mokhtar; W. A. A. Bayoumy; Samar M. Said; M. A. Mousa | ||
| Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The paper details with the preparation and physicochemical characterization of nano TiO2 doped with Fe and Cu produced by the sol-gel method using titanium tetra-isopropoxide as the precursor of titania as well as iron or cupper nitrates as dopant sources. The synthesized samples were characterized using XRD, FT-IR, surface texturing, UV-visible and SEM techniques. The photocatalytic activity of the prepared samples was studied using the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye (MB). The Fe-TiO2 showed the best result as the total removal of the dye was 91.75% at pH 7.5 at the dye concentration of 5 ppm for 3 h. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Titanium dioxide; Sol-gel; Fe and Cu dopant; photocatalyst; Visible light illumination | ||
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