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Dysprosium-doped mesoporous TiO2 as an effective photocatalyst for the oxidation of methyl orange, o- and m-xylenes

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Titanium dioxide samples doped with different amounts of dysprosium were synthesized with the sol–gel template method. The structure of the obtained materials was investigated by X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflection spectroscopy, low-temperature adsorption–desorption of nitrogen, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. According to XRD, it is assumed that Dy3+ ions are statistically distributed in the titanium dioxide phase, predominantly located in interstices or on the surface of TiO2 crystallites. The diffraction patterns show no peaks characteristic of the Dy2O3 phase, the average sizes of crystallites of doped samples decreased compared to the sizes of undoped samples from 16.9 to 7.0–7.6 nm, and the crystal lattice parameters of the obtained materials differ. The introduction of dysprosium into the structure of titanium dioxide reduced the energy of the band gap of the obtained materials from 2.83 to 2.67–2.78 eV, which makes it possible to use them as catalysts for the photooxidation of methyl orange, o- and m-xylenes in water using the visible light. The maximum photocatalytic activity of the oxidation of methyl orange, o- and m-xylenes is characterized by a TiO2 sample containing 9.5% dysprosium (Dy(9.5)/TiO2)—after 2.5 h the degradation of o- and m-xylenes on this catalyst was approximately 80 and 95%, respectively. The degradation of methyl orange on the (Dy(9.5)/TiO2) sample was 73% after 3 h.

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This work was supported by the Grant FSSS-2020-0016 within the framework of the state assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

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    Aleksandr A. Shmelev, Roman V. Shafigulin & Andzhela V. Bulanova

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Shmelev, A.A., Shafigulin, R.V. & Bulanova, A.V. Dysprosium-doped mesoporous TiO2 as an effective photocatalyst for the oxidation of methyl orange, o- and m-xylenes. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 135, 1047–1058 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-022-02198-7

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