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Study of the photocatalytic activity of irradiated WO3 microparticles

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The work is devoted to the study of the effect of irradiation of commercial WO3 microparticles with low-energy helium ions on the structural properties and photocatalytic activity during the decomposition of organic dyes. The irradiation fluences of 1 × 1013–1015 ion/cm2 were selected so that the number of defect overlap areas corresponded from 10 to 1000, but helium inclusions were not formed. It was found that with an increase in the radiation dose to 1015 ion/cm2, partial degradation of the structural properties of microparticles is observed due to destruction of the surface layer and subsequent amorphization. Photocatalytic tests showed that for the initial microparticles not exposed to irradiation, the degree of decomposition of the indigo carmine dye was no more than 45–50% after 300 min, while for irradiated microparticles with a fluence of 1013 ion/cm2, complete decomposition was observed after 200 min, and for microparticles irradiated 1014 ion/cm2, complete dye decomposition is observed after 270 min. Partial amorphization upon irradiation with 1015 ion/cm2 leads to a decrease in the degree of decomposition and a decrease in photocatalytic activity. In the case of decomposition of the congo red dye, the initial microparticles amounted to no more than 20% of the initial composition. For modified microparticles, an increase in the degree of decomposition is observed up to 45–50%.

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This study was funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (grant BR05235921).

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  1. Engineering Profile Laboratory, L.N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, 010008, Kazakhstan

    Artem L. Kozlovskiy & Maxim V. Zdorovets

  2. Laboratory of Solid State Physics, The Institute of Nuclear Physics, Almaty, 050032, Kazakhstan

    Artem L. Kozlovskiy & Maxim V. Zdorovets

  3. Laboratory of Additive Technologies, Kazakh-Russian International University, Aktobe, 030006, Kazakhstan

    Artem L. Kozlovskiy

  4. Department of Intelligent Information Technologies, Ural Federal University, 620075, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    Maxim V. Zdorovets

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conceptualization, M.V.Z., and A.L.K.; methodology, A.L.K.; formal analysis, M.V.Z.; investigation, A.L.K. and M.V.Z.; resources, M.V.Z.; writing—original draft preparation, review and editing, M.V.Z. and A.L.K.; visualization, M.V.Z.; supervision, M.V.Z.

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Kozlovskiy, A.L., Zdorovets, M.V. Study of the photocatalytic activity of irradiated WO3 microparticles. Appl. Phys. A 126, 638 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-03827-5

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