In the present study, we investigated the effect of cerium and erbium doping of the zirconium dioxide matrix. We synthesized doped samples using hydrothermal process. The amounts of dopant used were 0.5%, 1% and 5% molar (rare earth oxide over zirconium dioxide) respectively. The samples have been studied via X-ray Diffraction measurements for the structural characterization. UV visible diffuse reflectance was used for the optical analysis, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) model for the measurement of the surface area. Finally the samples have been analysed via electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) for the electronic characterization. Then we tested the new synthetized materials to determine their photo catalytic activity in the reaction of degradation of methylene blue performed under irradiation by diodes (LEDs) emitting exclusively visible light. (C) 2016 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.
Rare earth oxides in zirconium dioxide: How to turn a wide band gap metal oxide into a visible light active photocatalyst / Gionco, C.; Paganini, M. C.; Giamello, E.; Sacco, O.; Vaiano, V.; Sannino, D.. - In: JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 2095-4956. - 26:2(2017), pp. 270-276.
Titolo: | Rare earth oxides in zirconium dioxide: How to turn a wide band gap metal oxide into a visible light active photocatalyst |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
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Citazione: | Rare earth oxides in zirconium dioxide: How to turn a wide band gap metal oxide into a visible light active photocatalyst / Gionco, C.; Paganini, M. C.; Giamello, E.; Sacco, O.; Vaiano, V.; Sannino, D.. - In: JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 2095-4956. - 26:2(2017), pp. 270-276. |
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