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Improving the photocatalytic properties of tin dioxide doped with titanium and copper in the degradation of rhodamine B and safranin T

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The study of the changes in structural, electronic and photocatalytic properties of tin dioxide doped with titanium and copper by ultrasonic and mechanochemical treatments of wet gel, dried xerogel and powder has been carried out. The doped samples were characterized using XRD with a full profile analysis of the diffraction patterns, nitrogen adsorption–desorption, TEM, as well as electronic and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Ti-doped sample calcined at 550 ºC has the structure of a solid solution based on SnO2, while copper is not embedded into SnO2 lattice even after calcinations. As a result of doping, more open meso-macroporous structure accessible for dyes molecules (Rhodamine B and Safranin T) has been formed. Also, narrowing the band gap Eg and increase in the absorption of visible light has been observed. The doped samples have quite high photocatalytic activity in the process of degradation of organic pollutants under visible irradiation.

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This work was partially supported by the framework of the research project of young scientists from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine «Alternative methods of doping SnO2-based materials to purification of the water environment from pollutants» (contract N 75-09/03-2021).

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    Svitlana Khalameida, Mariaa Samsonenko, Volodymyr Sydorchuk & Oleg Zakutevskyy

  2. Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, L’viv National Polytechnic University, 12, S.Bandera Str, L’viv 79013, Ukraine

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  3. G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 36, Academician Vernadsky Blvd., Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine

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Khalameida, S., Samsonenko, M., Sydorchuk, V. et al. Improving the photocatalytic properties of tin dioxide doped with titanium and copper in the degradation of rhodamine B and safranin T. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 135, 1665–1685 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-022-02206-w

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