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Structural, Carrier Life Time and Optical Properties of Vanadium Doped Tin Oxide Films Developed on Silicon Nanowires for Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes

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A series of Vanadium-Doped tin oxide (SnO2) thin films developed on Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) were synthetized by sol-gel spin coating method and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) absorption and carrier lifetime measurements. Several operational parameters involving, vanadium doping amount and the optical properties of the silicon nanowires on photo-catalytic efficiency were investigated by using Rhodamine B (RhB) as an Organic Dye for the degradation under the illumination of Ultraviolet. Under optimum conditions, SnO2 doped with 15% of vanadium and deposited on silicon nanowires achieved 89.56% Rhodamine B degradation after 120 min of Ultraviolet illumination.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia.

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    Malek Atyaoui, Elkhemissi Ines, Chourou Lassaad & Hatem Ezzaouia

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  3. Ecole polytechnique, Université libre de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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Atyaoui, M., Wiem, B., Ines, E. et al. Structural, Carrier Life Time and Optical Properties of Vanadium Doped Tin Oxide Films Developed on Silicon Nanowires for Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes. Chemistry Africa (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-024-00981-8

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