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Photocatalytic Degradation of Estriol Using Iron-Doped TiO2 under High and Low UV-Irradiation
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: Received: 29 September 2018 / Approved: 29 September 2018 / Online: 29 September 2018 (05:48:51 CEST)
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Ramírez-Sánchez, I.M.; Bandala, E.R. Photocatalytic Degradation of Estriol Using Iron-Doped TiO2 under High and Low UV Irradiation. Catalysts 2018, 8, 625. Ramírez-Sánchez, I.M.; Bandala, E.R. Photocatalytic Degradation of Estriol Using Iron-Doped TiO2 under High and Low UV Irradiation. Catalysts 2018, 8, 625.
Abstract
Iron Doped TiO2 nanoparticles (Fe-TiO2) were synthesized and photocatalitically investigated under high and low fluence values of UV-radiation. The Fe-TiO2 physical characterization was performed using X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS), and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) technique. The XPS evidenced that ferric ion (Fe3+) was in the lattice of TiO2 and co-dopants no intentionally added were also present due to the precursors of the synthetic method. The Fe3+ concentration played a key role in the photocatalytic generation of hydroxyl radical (•OH) and estriol (E3) degradation. Fe-TiO2 materials accomplished E3 degradation, and it was found that the catalyst with 0.3 at. % content of Fe (0.3 Fe-TiO2) enhanced the photocatalytic activity under low UV-irradiation compared with no intentionally Fe-added TiO2 (zero-iron TiO2) and Aeroxide® TiO2 P25. Furthermore, the enhanced photocatalytic activity of 0.3 Fe-TiO2 under low UV-irradiation may have applications when radiation intensity must be controlled, as in medical applications, or when strong UV absorbing species are present in water.
Keywords
iron-doped TiO2; photocatalytic activity; low UV-irradiation; hydroxyl radical; estriol
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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