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OPEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 1124-1132Publisher
SCIENDO
DOI: 10.1515/chem-2019-0116
Keywords
ferrites; lanthanide ions; photocatalytic activity; rate constants; band gap energy
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- operational program Science and Education for Smart Growth [BG05M2OP001-2.009-0028]
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The mixed metal oxides NiFe2O4 and Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 with a spinel-like structure, pure and modified with the lanthanide ions Eu(III) and Tb(III), were prepared by a sol-gel process in which propylene oxide was used as a gelling agent and then tested as photocatalysts. The photocatalytic activity was studied under polychromic visible light irradiation (halogen lamp) for the decomposition of the water pollutant Malachite Green in model solutions which were prepared under laboratory conditions. The modified samples showed a better activity under visible light irradiation than the pure samples. The highest activity under visible light irradiation was observed for Zn(0.5)Ni(0.5)Fe(2)O(4 )that was modified with 5 wt. Eu(III) or Tb(III), and which showed the positive effects of the doping ions. Based on the cartographic data for the smooth and equal distribution of Tb(III) on the surface of Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 particles, the surface processes may have influenced the photocatalytic activity. The energy band gap of the samples was calculated, showing somewhat lower values for the doped samples than the pure ferrites.
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