{"title":"Sol Gel obtained Ti/Co/Mn oxides doped with 5wt% CuO for the photocatalytic removal of organic azo dyes from wastewater","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.materresbull.2024.113070","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Various organic pollutants continually poison natural water resources due to rapid modernization driven by industrial growth. As a result, communities throughout the globe are paying close attention to the health and environmental issues raised by these harmful organic pollutants. Here, we prepared TiO<sub>2</sub>-CuO(5wt%), TiO<sub>2</sub>-CuO(5wt%)@Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, and TiO<sub>2</sub>-CuO(5wt%)@Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> photocatalysts by employing the sol-gel method for the photocatalytic removal of azo dyes. These composites' surface morphology, composition, band gap, and purity were analyzed using SEM, EDS, TEM/HRTEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, XPS, DRS, and BET measurements. The 5 % CuO doping caused a significant change in the electronic structure of the composites and contributed to the superior photocatalytic performance of the composites against azo dyes at neutral pH and under visible light irradiation. The function of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was also studied using different scavengers and enhancers; •OH was found to be the main ROS for the photodegradation of azo dyes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18265,"journal":{"name":"Materials Research Bulletin","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials Research Bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002554082400401X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Various organic pollutants continually poison natural water resources due to rapid modernization driven by industrial growth. As a result, communities throughout the globe are paying close attention to the health and environmental issues raised by these harmful organic pollutants. Here, we prepared TiO2-CuO(5wt%), TiO2-CuO(5wt%)@Co3O4, and TiO2-CuO(5wt%)@Mn2O3 photocatalysts by employing the sol-gel method for the photocatalytic removal of azo dyes. These composites' surface morphology, composition, band gap, and purity were analyzed using SEM, EDS, TEM/HRTEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, XPS, DRS, and BET measurements. The 5 % CuO doping caused a significant change in the electronic structure of the composites and contributed to the superior photocatalytic performance of the composites against azo dyes at neutral pH and under visible light irradiation. The function of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was also studied using different scavengers and enhancers; •OH was found to be the main ROS for the photodegradation of azo dyes.
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Materials Research Bulletin is an international journal reporting high-impact research on processing-structure-property relationships in functional materials and nanomaterials with interesting electronic, magnetic, optical, thermal, mechanical or catalytic properties. Papers purely on thermodynamics or theoretical calculations (e.g., density functional theory) do not fall within the scope of the journal unless they also demonstrate a clear link to physical properties. Topics covered include functional materials (e.g., dielectrics, pyroelectrics, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, relaxors, thermoelectrics, etc.); electrochemistry and solid-state ionics (e.g., photovoltaics, batteries, sensors, and fuel cells); nanomaterials, graphene, and nanocomposites; luminescence and photocatalysis; crystal-structure and defect-structure analysis; novel electronics; non-crystalline solids; flexible electronics; protein-material interactions; and polymeric ion-exchange membranes.