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Morphology controlled synthesis of Sm doped ZnO nanostructures for photodegradation studies of Acid Blue 113 under UV-A light

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In this report, photocatalytic degradation of Acid Blue 113 (AB 113) has been investigated in aqueous heterogeneous media containing pure and Sm3+ doped ZnO nanostructures. A simple low frequency (42 kHz) ultrasound was employed to synthesize the nanostructures. X-ray diffraction, UV–Vis-NIR and Photoluminescence analyses revealed that Sm3+ ion was successfully doped into ZnO lattice. The organic solvents and dopant highly influenced the particle morphology which was identified through transmission electron microscopy. The photocatalytic efficiency was highly depended on the native defects and dopant. Sm3+ doped ZnO nanostructures demonstrated better photocatalytic degradation of the AB 113 due to the involvement of more oxygen vacancy defects, oxygen interstitials and Sm3+ ions in the charge recombination process and enhanced the better catalytic reaction under a UV-A lamp.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the FONDECYT Post-doctoral Project No. 3140178 and FONDECYT No. 1130916 Government of Chile, Santiago, for the financial assistance.

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  1. Advanced Ceramics and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Materials Engineering, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    Pandiyarajan Thangaraj & Mangalaraja Ramalinga Viswanathan

  2. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 620 015, India

    Karthikeyan Balasubramanian

  3. Department of Chemistry, Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613 403, India

    Sathishkumar Panneerselvam

  4. Departament of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    Héctor D. Mansilla

  5. Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    M. A. Gracia-Pinilla

  6. Centro de Investigación en Innovación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, PIIT, 66600, Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico

    M. A. Gracia-Pinilla

  7. Departament of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    David Contreras

  8. Renewable Resources Laboratory, Center for Biotechnology, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    José Ruiz

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Fig. S1. UV–Vis absorbance spectral changes of AB 113 dye monitored during the photocatalytic degradation of without catalyst and the addition of ZnO/500 °C, ZnO/UW and ZnO/UE under the illumination of UV-A light (TIFF 315 kb)

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Fig. S2. UV–Vis absorbance spectral changes of AB 113 dye monitored during the photocatalytic degradation by the addition of Sm/500 °C, Sm/UW and Sm/UE under the illumination of UV-A light (TIFF 241 kb)

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Thangaraj, P., Viswanathan, M.R., Balasubramanian, K. et al. Morphology controlled synthesis of Sm doped ZnO nanostructures for photodegradation studies of Acid Blue 113 under UV-A light. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 26, 8784–8792 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-3558-2

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