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Photocatalytic activity and radiation-attenuation ability of copper ions surface-doped dysprosium oxide

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Herein, Cu ions surface-doped Dy2O3 photocatalyst (Cu–Dy2O3) is synthesized utilizing hydrothermal technique to degrade methyl violet under visible light irradiation. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV–Visible techniques are used to characterize the structure, morphology, and optical activities of the photocatalyst, respectively. Moreover, the radiation-attenuation ability of Dy2O3 and Cu–Dy2O3 is studied by determining the mass attenuation coefficients using Geant4 simulations. XRD measurements indicate that Cu–Dy2O3 has high crystallinity and single phase orientation which outperforms photocatalytic activity. The doped material shows 94% degradation efficiency, which is much better as compared to the undoped material under visible light. The reason for enhanced efficiency could be attributed to the synergetic effect, good morphology, small crystallite size, lattice distortion due to doping, and more charge imbalance of copper-doped Dy2O3. The excellent photocatalytic efficiency and other above mentioned characteristics of the synthesized photocatalyst may be responsible for future applications.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2022R48), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia for funding this work through Research Groups Program under grant number R.G.P2/171/43.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia

    Jamila S. Alzahrani

  2. Department of Physics, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Abu Dhabi Road, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan

    Salma Aman & Naseeb Ahmad

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

    Zahoor Ahmad

  4. Department of Physics, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O.Box:2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

    Z. A. Alrowaili

  5. Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan

    Sumaira Manzoor & Abdul Ghafoor Abid

  6. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Samia ben Ahmed

  7. Department of Physics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

    M. S. Al-Buriahi

  8. Department of Physics, Government Graduate College, Taunsa Sharif, 32100, Pakistan

    Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Farid

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SA, SM: Worked in the laboratory i.e. experimental work done and also wrote the manuscript. HMTF, AGA: development or design of methodology; creation of models. JSA, SBA, MSA-B, ZAA: Review writing and editing. NA: Visualization. ZA: Supervision.

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Alzahrani, J.S., Aman, S., Ahmad, N. et al. Photocatalytic activity and radiation-attenuation ability of copper ions surface-doped dysprosium oxide. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 15433–15447 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08450-z

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