Photocatalytic degradation of dyes over combustion synthesized Ce1-xFexVO4

Deshpande, Parag A and Madras, Giridhar (2010) Photocatalytic degradation of dyes over combustion synthesized Ce1-xFexVO4. In: Chemical Engineering Journal, 158 (3). pp. 571-577.

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Abstract

Fe-substituted CeVO4 was synthesized by the solution combustion technique and characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and BET surface area analyzer. These compounds crystallized in tetragonal zircon structure with Fe substituted in ionic state for Ce3+ ions. The degradation of anionic and cationic dyes was studied over Fe-substituted CeVO4 compounds. The compounds showed high photocatalytic activity towards dye degradation. The effect of amount of substitution was studied by varying the Fe substitution from 1 to 10%. The rates decreased with increasing substitution of Fe in CeVO4 and 1% Fe substituted CeVO4 showed the highest photocatalytic activity. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemical Engineering Journal
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Orthovanadates;Base-metal substitution;Dye degradation; Combustion synthesis
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2010 05:27
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:01
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27462

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