ArticleHeliyon2023
Improvement of the photocatalytic activity of ZnO thin films doped with manganese.
Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- First-Principles Study of the Consequences of Cerium Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity of Zinc Oxide.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
In the herein report, we synthesized ZnO thin films doped with manganese (Mn). We studied the impact of Mn doping loads (1 %, 3 %, 5 % wt.) on physicochemical properties of the compounds. Furthermore, we presented the photocatalytic efficiency in removal of methylene blue dye. The structural assay indicated ZnO conserve the wurtzite crystalline structure after dopant insertion. Furthermore, the crystalline size of catalysts was reduced after dopant incorporation. The SEM analysis showed a change in surface morphology after modification of ZnO thin films. Furthermore, Raman spectroscopy verified the Mn insertion inside the ZnO lattice. After the doping process, band gap was reduced by 16 %, in comparison to bare ZnO. After the photocatalytic test, the doped catalysts showed better performance than bare ZnO in removing MB. The best test showed a kinetics constant value of 2.9 × 10
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