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Coprecipitation Synthesis of Fe-Doped TiO2 from Various Commercial TiO2 for Photocatalytic Reaction

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The current work reports the synthesis of Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles by simple coprecipitation method and compares their photocatalytic efficiency to three different commercially available TiO2 (i.e., Sachtopore, Hombikat UV100 and Fluka) using methyl orange (MO) under UV light irradiation. X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize these synthesized Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles. In fact, the DRS results revealed that the bandgap of doped photocatalysts is smaller compared to undoped TiO2, leading to a slight shift in the absorption band towards the beginning of the visible light. In addition, XRD has shown that all samples were well crystallized and have only anatase phase. Accordingly, the photocatalytic investigation revealed that doped TiO2 exhibited improved photocatalytic efficiency of methyl orange (MO) compared to undoped TiO2 photocatalysts and depends on iron constituents, TiO2 types as well as the doses of synthesized nanomaterials.

Article Highlights

  • A simple coprecipitation method for the synthesis of Fe-doped TiO2 photocatalysts and comparison of their photocatalytic efficiency to undoped TiO2.

  • All Fe-doped TiO2 showed smaller bandgap compared to undoped TiO2 with only anatase phase.

  • Fe-doped TiO2 improves the photocatalytic degradation of dyes compared to undoped TiO2.

  • Photocatalytic efficiency of these doped TiO2 depends on their doses, the constituents of iron and TiO2 types.

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  1. Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, CERNE2D, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco

    Imane Ellouzi & Souad El hajjaji

  2. Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany

    Mourad Harir & Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

  3. Technical University of Munich, Maximus von Imhof Forum 2, 85354, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

    Mourad Harir & Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

  4. Laboratory of Conception and Systems, Faculty of Sciences, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco

    Larbi Laânab

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Ellouzi, I., El hajjaji, S., Harir, M. et al. Coprecipitation Synthesis of Fe-Doped TiO2 from Various Commercial TiO2 for Photocatalytic Reaction. Int J Environ Res 14, 605–613 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-020-00280-3

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