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Solar-light-induced photocatalyst based on Bi–B co-doped TiO2 prepared via co-precipitation method

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A simple precipitation process was used to make Bismuth and Boron co-doped TiO2 nanorod like particles. To investigate the structural, geometrical, light absorption, and photocatalytic characteristics of the materials, a variety of spectroscopic and quantitative methods were used. According to the findings, all the materials had a highly crystalline anatase structure. The crystalline was attained to be 34 nm, 32 nm, 30 nm and 25 nm, respectively, for TiO2, Bi:TiO2, B:TiO2, and Bi–B:TiO2. From the optical study, band gap energies are achieved to be 3.07, 2.89, and 2.70 eV from the synthesized B:TiO2, Bi:TiO2, and Bi–B:TiO2 nanomaterials. From the observed morphological analysis, spherical shape and rectangular rod-like structure was attained and sizes of the particles are achieved to be range 50–300 nm, approximately. The laboratory findings also suggest that Bi and B ions have been doped into the TiO2 crystal lattice. The produced materials’ photocatalytic potential was investigated. Bi–B co-doped materials showed improved activity for degradation of methylene blue dye under stimulated solar-light irradiation as compared to pure TiO2, B and Bi individually doped TiO2. The experiment was also carried out with various beginning solution pH values, such as 2, 4, 6, and 8, to investigate the role of pH in the degradation process.

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  1. Department of Physics, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, 638057, India

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  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, Republic of Korea

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TSS conceived and designed the study. MS conducted the literature search, Experimental work, analysis and interpretation of data. TSS and NS drafted the manuscript. The study was supervised by MK. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Sangeetha, M., Senthil, T.S., Senthilkumar, N. et al. Solar-light-induced photocatalyst based on Bi–B co-doped TiO2 prepared via co-precipitation method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 16550–16563 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08547-5

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