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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
Volume 353, Issue -, Pages 325-336Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.11.045
Keywords
Cerium; Morphology; Adsorption; Reactive oxygen species; Photosensitization
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- National Council for Technological and Scientific Development(CNPq/Brazil)
- Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES/Brazil)
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Mixed oxide interfaces are critical in the delivery of active components in photocatalytic processes. Cerium doped TiO2 photocatalysts were prepared using a hydrothermal route to manipulate the morphology of the photocatalyst and improve the interaction between CeO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles. These changes were compared with the photocatalytic activity and adsorption capacity of the solids. The photocatalysts were used to degrade polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and methylene blue (MB) as test compounds. A low photodegradation rate of PVP (0.0001 min(-1) and 0.0005 min(-1) under visible and UV light, respectively) was observed using Ce-doped photocatalysts, with no adsorption. The high adsorption capacity of MB (34.46 mg g(-1)) proved that the local morphology of the nanostructured CeO2/TiO2 photocatalysts is more important than the amount of CeO2 in the sample, and the main role of the CeO2 on mixed photocatalysts is to improve thermal stability during the synthesis. XRD, XPS, BET surface area, UV-vis and TEM techniques confirmed this conclusion. The rate of degradation of MB by the Ce-doped photocatalyst decreased dramatically when using the singlet oxygen scavenger L-Histidine (0.0214 min(-1) to 0.0001 min(-1)), indicating a photocatalysis sensitized by the dye, under visible and UV light. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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