Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper
The low cost, earth abundance, nontoxic, and efficient photocatalysts materials have a critical role in order to solve environmental issues. In this regard, hematite (α-Fe2O3) has received significant attention due to its desirable properties. In the present study, zinc-doped and copper-doped hemati...
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| description | The low cost, earth abundance, nontoxic, and efficient photocatalysts materials have a critical role in order to solve environmental issues. In this regard, hematite (α-Fe2O3) has received significant attention due to its desirable properties. In the present study, zinc-doped and copper-doped hematite nanoparticles were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic features of produced nanopowders were investigated. The evaluations of photocatalytic activities of synthesized nanoparticles were executed by monitoring the degradation rate of Rhodamine B (RhB) under the solar simulator in heterogeneous photocatalysis. Compared to commercial Degussa TiO2 powder, the transition metal doped hematite (α-Fe2O3) samples showed better photocatalytic activities against RhB under the solar simulator. It was observed that even though there were no significant differences in their characteristic properties strongly affecting photocatalytic activity such as morphological features, optical absorption characteristics, and band gaps, Cu-doped α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles exhibited higher photocatalytic activity, which is %20 higher than the Zn-doped α-Fe2O3. The synthesized Cu-doped hematite nanoparticles are hopeful materials as a visible-light-driven photocatalytic material to degrade organic pollutants in aquatic media. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25571c5ec377423bb4709148d7f885c12024-02-21T14:07:32ZengDüzce UniversityDüzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi2148-24462023-01-0111150251210.29130/dubited.105164497Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and CopperEmre Alp0BARTIN UNIVERSITYThe low cost, earth abundance, nontoxic, and efficient photocatalysts materials have a critical role in order to solve environmental issues. In this regard, hematite (α-Fe2O3) has received significant attention due to its desirable properties. In the present study, zinc-doped and copper-doped hematite nanoparticles were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic features of produced nanopowders were investigated. The evaluations of photocatalytic activities of synthesized nanoparticles were executed by monitoring the degradation rate of Rhodamine B (RhB) under the solar simulator in heterogeneous photocatalysis. Compared to commercial Degussa TiO2 powder, the transition metal doped hematite (α-Fe2O3) samples showed better photocatalytic activities against RhB under the solar simulator. It was observed that even though there were no significant differences in their characteristic properties strongly affecting photocatalytic activity such as morphological features, optical absorption characteristics, and band gaps, Cu-doped α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles exhibited higher photocatalytic activity, which is %20 higher than the Zn-doped α-Fe2O3. The synthesized Cu-doped hematite nanoparticles are hopeful materials as a visible-light-driven photocatalytic material to degrade organic pollutants in aquatic media.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2168525hematite (α-fe2o3)zn-doped hematitecu-doped hematiteheterogeneous photocatalysishematit (α-fe2o3)zn-katkılı hematitcu-katkılı hematitheterojen fotokatalizhematite (α-fe2o3)zn-doped hematitecu-doped hematiteheterogeneous photocatalysis |
| spellingShingle | Emre Alp Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper Düzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi hematite (α-fe2o3) zn-doped hematite cu-doped hematite heterogeneous photocatalysis hematit (α-fe2o3) zn-katkılı hematit cu-katkılı hematit heterojen fotokataliz hematite (α-fe2o3) zn-doped hematite cu-doped hematite heterogeneous photocatalysis |
| title | Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper |
| title_full | Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper |
| title_short | Comparative Study of Improvement of Hematite as Visible Light-Driven Photocatalyst by Doping with Zinc and Copper |
| title_sort | comparative study of improvement of hematite as visible light driven photocatalyst by doping with zinc and copper |
| topic | hematite (α-fe2o3) zn-doped hematite cu-doped hematite heterogeneous photocatalysis hematit (α-fe2o3) zn-katkılı hematit cu-katkılı hematit heterojen fotokataliz hematite (α-fe2o3) zn-doped hematite cu-doped hematite heterogeneous photocatalysis |
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