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International Journal of Modern Science and Technology

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​International Journal of Modern Science and Technology, 1(7), 2016, Pages 250-256. 


Effects of Calcination Temperature, pH and Irradiation time on Photocatalytic Activity of Pure and Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanopowders 

P. Kokila1, M. Rameshbabu1, V. SenthilKumar2
1 Department of Physics, A. P. A. College of Arts and Culture, Palani – 624601. Tamilnadu. India.

2 Department of Physics, Karpagam University, Coimbatore – 641021. Tamilnadu. India.

Abstract
Titanium dioxide nanopowders were fabricated by using sol-gel method process using titanium isopropoxide as a precursor, ethanol as a solvent and ferric chloride, copper chloride and pomegranate rind extract (PRE) as dopants. The formation mechanism was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in which the shape control is influenced by pH under acidic range. The effect of calcination temperature, pH on the phase structure and photocatalytic activity of pure and doped TiO2 were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) results indicates that the phase transformation of anatase tetragonal crystal structure of TiO2 occurs at 400°C and the calcined samples shows crystallinity with (101) preferred orientation, which the higher crystallinity shows better transmittance. Also the doped samples exhibit highest photocatalytic activity due to the good crystallization and the photo degradation degree for organic compounds increase with decreasing the pH value and due to the effects of pH and irradiation time.

​​Keywords: Titanium dioxide; X-ray diffraction; Photodegradation; Irradiation time. 

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