Influence of yttrium and niobium oxides modifiers on physicochemical and photocatalytic properties of titanium (IV) oxide

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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.238347

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modification, TiO2 photocatalysts, yttrium oxide, niobium oxide, photocatalytic properties, structural characteristics, band gap, water purification

Abstract

The photocatalytic and physicochemical properties of titanium (IV) oxide modified by yttrium and niobium oxides were studied. It is shown that modification is a powerful way to increase the efficiency of catalysts' photocatalytic properties and improve the photocatalytic process as a whole. Commercial and laboratory-synthesized titanium (IV) oxides were used as catalysts for modification. Modification of titanium (IV) oxide powders in an amount of 1 wt. % by appropriate modifiers was performed by the hydrothermal method, after which they were characterized by diffraction and X-ray fluorescence methods. The structural characteristics of modified and non-modified titanium (IV) oxide samples by the method of low-temperature nitrogen adsorption-desorption have been studied. A slight increase in the specific surface area was found: from 61 m2/g to 70 m2/g for the commercial sample and from 172 m2/g to 180 m2/g for the synthesized one in this work. Similar dependencies are observed when studying the optical properties by the spectrophotometric method. Determination of surface properties (surface acidity) of modified and non-modified photocatalysts based on TiO2 showed different effects of modifiers on TiO2 acidity: in the modification by yttrium oxide, the acidity decreases, and in the case of niobium oxide – increases. Studies of photocatalytic and sorption activities with respect to dyes of different nature are not the same – the photocatalytic activity after modification increases, the sorption capacity with the cationic dye decreases, anionic – increases. Additional studies on dye destruction are in full accordance with photocatalytic and sorption experiments.

Author Biographies

Svitlana Kyrii, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Assistant

Department of Technology of Inorganic Substances, Water Treatment and General Chemical Technology

Tetiana Dontsova, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of Department

Department of Technology of Inorganic Substances, Water Treatment and General Chemical Technology

Iryna Kosogina, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Technology of Inorganic Substances, Water Treatment and General Chemical Technology

Valeriia Podopryhor, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Department of Technology of Inorganic Substances, Water Treatment and General Chemical Technology

Alla Serhiienko, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Postgraduate Student

Department of Technology of Inorganic Substances, Water Treatment and General Chemical Technology

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Kyrii, S., Dontsova, T., Kosogina, I., Podopryhor, V., & Serhiienko, A. (2021). Influence of yttrium and niobium oxides modifiers on physicochemical and photocatalytic properties of titanium (IV) oxide. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 4(6(112), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.238347

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