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Title: Ultrasonic-Assisted Sol–Gel Synthesis of Samarium, Cerium Co-Doped Tio 2 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Sonocatalytic Efficiency
Journal: Ultrasonics sonochemistry
Author: 1. Hamed Eskandarloo, Alireza Badiei, 2. Mohammad A. Behnajady, 3. Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani
Year: 2015
Address: 1. School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,
2. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: In this work, pure TiO2 and samarium, cerium mono-doped and co-doped TiO2 catalysts were synthesized
by an ultrasonic-assisted sol–gel method and their sonocatalytic efficiency studied toward removal of
Methyl Orange as a model organic pollutant from the textile industry. The relationship of structure
and sonocatalytic performance of catalysts was established by using various techniques, such as XRD,
TEM, SEM, EDX, DRS, and PL. A comparison on the removal efficiency of sonolysis alone and sonocatalytic
processes was performed. The results showed that the samarium, cerium co-doped TiO2 catalyst with
narrower band gap energy and smaller particle size leads to a rapid removal of pollutant. It was believed
that Sm3+ and Ce4+ ions can serve as superficial trapping for electrons at conduction band of TiO2 and prolonged
the lifetime of electron–hole pairs. Finally, the effect of synthesis and operational variables on the
sonocatalytic activity of co-doped TiO2 catalyst was studied and optimized using response surface methodology
as a statistical technique. The results showed that the maximum removal efficiency (96.33%) was
achieved at the optimum conditions: samarium content of 0.6 wt%, cerium content of 0.82 wt%, initial
pollutant concentration of 4.31 mg L1, catalyst dosage of 0.84 mg L1, ultrasonic irradiation power of
700 W, and irradiation time of 50 min.
Keywords: Sonosynthesis
Sonocatalysis
Operational variable
Sm, Ce co-doped TiO2
Optimization
RSM
Application: Catalyst
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