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A novel and simple approach of rare earth ions (Y3+and La3+) decorated nano calcium carbonate/ polyethylene glycol for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater

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OPTICAL MATERIALS
卷 142, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114130

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Dolomite rock; Calcite; Methyl blue; Quantum yield; Photocatalytic activity

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Pristine and rare earth ions (Y3+ and La3+) decorated rhombohedral nano CaCO3/PEG were synthesized from natural dolomite rock via a novel green route biomimetic synthesis. The synthesized nanoparticles exhibited good thermal stability and blue-shifted absorption and emission peaks due to doping. The prepared samples showed high photocatalytic activity (92%), making them effective catalysts for environmental issues.
Pristine and rare earth ions (Y3+ and La3+) decorated rhombohedral nano CaCO3/PEG were extracted from natural dolomite rock using a novel green route biomimetic synthesis. XRD analysis confirmed the crystal phase and doping of Y3+ and La3+ in the CaCO3/PEG. The FTIR analysis confirmed the presence of various functional groups in the synthesized nanoparticles. The obtained products exhibited good thermal stability at the tem-peratures up to 844 degrees C. The absorption and emission peaks were blue-shifted due to the impact of the doping ion concentration. The surface chemical compositions were analyzed using XPS. The direct and indirect bandgap energies of nCY1 (0.02 M Y3+: CaCO3/PEG) and nCL1 (0.02 M La3+: CaCO3/PEG) were 3.95, 3.27 eV (direct bandgap) and 2.52, 2.09 eV (indirect bandgap) respectively. The measured fluorescence quantum yields of nCY1 and nCL1 were 22% and 26%, respectively. FESEM with EDX mapping and HR-TEM with SAED analysis was used to determine the morphology, elemental mapping, and crystalline behavior. The photocatalytic activity of pre-pared samples were performed against methylene blue under UV irradiation. Based on photocatalytic results, nCL1 showed extremely high photocatalytic activity (92%). The effects of the scavenging agents were investi-gated using superoxide radicals, photogenerated holes, electrons, and OH radicals. Hence, the prepared samples could be an effective catalysts for significant environmental issues. This is the first study for preparing Y3+ and La3+ doped CaCO3/PEG nanoparticles from natural dolomite rock using a low-cost and nontoxic biomimetic method to get enhanced photodegradation efficiency.

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