Study of the photocatalytic activity of Fe3+, Cr3+, La3+ and Eu3+ single-doped and co-doped TiO2 catalysts produced by aqueous sol-gel processing

Malengreaux, Charline M.; Pirard, Sophie L.; Léonard, Géraldine; Mahy, Julien G.; Herlitschke, Marcus; Klobes, Benedikt; Hermann, Raphaël; Heinrichs, Benoît; Bartlett, John R.

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.211

Title: Study of the photocatalytic activity of Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, La³⁺ and Eu³⁺ single-doped and co-doped TiO₂ catalysts produced by aqueous sol-gel processing

Journal Article · Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Alloys and Compounds

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.211· OSTI ID:1326518

Malengreaux, Charline M. ^[1]; Pirard, Sophie L. ^[1]; Léonard, Géraldine ^[1]; Mahy, Julien G. ^[1]; Herlitschke, Marcus ^[2]; Klobes, Benedikt ^[3]; Hermann, Raphaël ^[4]; Heinrichs, Benoît ^[1]; Bartlett, John R. ^[5]

Univ. de Liege, Liege (Belgium)
Julich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS and Peter Grunberg Institute PGI, JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Julich, GmbH, Julich (Germany); Univ. de Liege, Liege (Belgium)
Julich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS and Peter Grunberg Institute PGI, JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Julich, GmbH, Julich (Germany)
Julich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS and Peter Grunberg Institute PGI, JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Julich, GmbH, Julich (Germany); Univ. de Liege, Liege (Belgium); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Western Sydney (Australia); Univ. of the Sunshine Coast (Australia)

An aqueous sol-gel process, previously developed for producing undoped and Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺ or Pb²⁺ doped TiO₂ photocatalysts with remarkably high photocatalytic activity without requiring any calcination step, has been adapted to produce Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, La³⁺ or Eu³⁺ single-doped TiO₂ photocatalysts as well as La3+-Fe3+ and Eu3+-Fe3+ co-doped TiO₂ catalysts. The physicochemical properties of the obtained catalysts have been characterized using a suite of complementary techniques, including ICP-AES, XRD, UV-Vis spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption and Fe-57 M ssbauer. The active crystalline phase is obtained without requiring any calcination step and all the different catalysts are composed of nanocrystallites of anatase with a size of 6-7 nm and a high specific surface area varying from 181 to 298 m² g^-1. In this study, the effect of the NO₃:Ti(IV) mole ratio used to induce the peptisation reaction during the synthesis has been studied and the results revealed that this ratio can influence significantly the textural properties of the resulting catalyst. A screening of the photocatalytic activity of the undoped and Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, La³⁺ or Eu³⁺ single-doped and co-doped photocatalysts has been performed by evaluating the degradation of 4-nitrophenol under UV-Visible light (330 nm < < 800 nm). This study suggests that the photocatalytic activity is significantly influenced by the dopant nature and content with an optimal dopant content being observed in the case of Fe³⁺ or La³⁺ single-doped as well as in the case of La³⁺-Fe³⁺ and Eu³⁺-Fe³⁺ co-doped catalysts. In the case of Cr³⁺ single-doped catalysts, a detrimental effect of the dopant on the photocatalytic degradation of 4-nitrophenol has been observed while no significant influence of the dopant has been detected in the case of Eu³⁺ single-doped catalysts. In conclusion, the role of the different dopants in modulating the photocatalytic activity is discussed.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1326518

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1359245

Journal Information:: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 691, Issue C; ISSN 0925-8388

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