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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 112, 期 -, 页码 49-58出版社
JOURNAL MATER SCI TECHNOL
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2021.09.054
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Europium doped ZnO; Supercritical antisolvent precipitation; Crystal violet; Vanillin; Photocatalysis; UV light; Defective sites
This study aimed to determine the structural and optical properties of Eu-doped ZnO powders prepared by supercritical antisolvent precipitation route and correlate them with the photocatalytic activity. The introduction of novel defects by Eu-doping enhanced the hydrophilicity of the samples, while Eu3+ ions led to the quenching of visible light emission in ZnO. The higher photocatalytic activity of Eu-doped ZnO was attributed to the stabilization of photogenerated holes and their higher hydrophilicity due to the generation of defective sites induced by Eu3+ ions.
The aim of this work is to determine the structural and optical properties of Eu-doped ZnO powders prepared by supercritical antisolvent precipitation route (SAS) and to correlate the physico-chemical features with the photocatalytic activity under UV light. Raman and EPR spectroscopy highlight the introduction of novel defects (mainly singly and doubly ionized oxygen vacancies, and oxygen interstitials) on the Eu-doped ZnO samples, which confer higher hydrophilicity to the doped samples with respect to bare ZnO, as evidenced by FT-IR analysis. Additionally, photoluminescence spectra show that the presence of Eu3+ totally quenches the visible light emission typical of bare ZnO, which mainly results from the recombination of photogenerated holes at defective sites. The prepared samples were tested both for the photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye (CV) and for the partial oxidation of ferulic acid under UV irradiation. The photocatalytic activity results evidence of a higher ability of Eu-doped photocatalysts to degrade CV and ferulic acid, while higher selectivity values towards vanillin are obtained in the presence of bare ZnO. The higher activity of Eu-doped ZnO photocatalysts is linked to the stabilization of photogenerated holes and to their higher hydrophilicity, both brought by the generation of defective sites induced by the presence of Eu3+ ions within the ZnO lattice. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Chinese Society for Metals.
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