Ionic Liquid Mediated Sol Gel Method for Fabrication of Nanostructured Cerium and Phosphorus Doped TiO - A Benign Photocatalyst: Diversified Applications in Degradation of Dyes and Microbes.

This work aims to produce semiconductor nanoparticles capable of harnessing visible light for the degradation of dyes and microbes. Employing an ionic liquid-assisted sol-gel process with varying dopant weight percentages, the study focuses on crafting Cerium (Ce) and Phosphorus (P) doped TiO Nanomaterials. Structural assessments, including Powder X-ray Diffraction (confirming the anatase phase), Transmission Electron Microscopy (revealing a particle size of 6.

Microwave assisted sol-gel approach for Zr doped TiO as a benign photocatalyst for bismark brown red dye pollutant.

A microwave supported sol-gel approach was developed in this study to fabricate Zr-doped TiO mesoporous nanostructures for efficient photocatalytic activity on bismark brown red (BBR) dye under visible light illumination. Sophisticated analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance (UV-vis-DRS) spectroscopy and Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) surface area analyses were used to obtain their structural, electrical: optical and spectroscopic characteristics. The analysis results revealed that the developed nanostructures exhibited strong broad absorption in the visible region with good adsorption capacity and thus enhanced photocatalytic performance.