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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
卷 47, 期 2, 页码 179-183出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.11.049
关键词
Oxides; Sol-gel chemistry; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Catalytic properties
资金
- INSA, India
Cerium doped titania materials were synthesized varying the cerium concentration from 0 to 10 wt%. Materials are characterised by XRD, TEM, XPS and N-2 adsorption desorption method. Surface area and visible light absorption substantially increases and crystallite size decreases with the increasing cerium content. Cerium doping stabilizes the anatase phase and surface area even at 600 degrees C calcination. Photocatalytic activity towards methylene blue decomposition and selenium (IV) reduction is found to increase with the cerium content up to 5 wt% and then decreases. Materials calcined at 600 degrees C shows better activity than that calcined at 400 degrees C, even though surface area decreases. Anatase crystallinity mostly decides the photocatalytic activity rather than only surface area. It can be concluded that the optimum visible light absorption and oxygen vacancy with 5% cerium doping enhances the photocatalytic activity. In addition photocatalytic performance is found to depend on the presence of Ce4+/Ce3+ rather than only visible light absorption. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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