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Photocatalytic Activity, Microstructures and Luminescent Study of Ti-ZS:M Nano-composites Materials

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Our main interest in this work is in the synthesis and improvement of the physical properties of TiO2-based nanocomposites modified by coupling to Zn2SiO4:Mn (ZS:M) nanoparticles. The micro-structural characterizations carried out by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques of various TiO2-ZS:M (Ti-ZS:M) samples at different temperatures revealed the formation of the anatase phase. The optical properties of TiO2 modified by ZS:M nanoparticles shows a shift in absorption band toward UV region reflecting a significant an increase in the energy band gap for anatase phase at 3.36 eV, which is larger than the 3.06 eV found for the Dugussa P25 TiO2. In this work, the influence of the annealing temperature on the microstructural, physico-chemical characteristics of the different samples is presented and their correlation with their photoluminescence in the visible spectral region has been investigated.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    N. Alonizan & Taher Ghrib

  2. Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    N. Alonizan & Taher Ghrib

  3. Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Nanomaterials Applied at Environment (LaPhyMNE), Faculty of Sciences in Gabes, Gabes University, Gabes, Tunisia

    L. Chouiref & K. Omri

  4. Sajir College of Science and Arts, Shaqra University, Sajir, Saudi Arabia

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  5. Laser Research Group, Physics Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, P.O. Box 5047, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

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  6. Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMISU), P.O. Box 90950, Riyadh, 11623, Saudi Arabia

    Nawal Madkhali

  7. National Center for Nanotechnology and Semiconductors, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, 11442-6086, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah I. Alhassan

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Alonizan, N., Chouiref, L., Omri, K. et al. Photocatalytic Activity, Microstructures and Luminescent Study of Ti-ZS:M Nano-composites Materials. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 4372–4381 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01598-3

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