Synthesis and characterization of magnesium doped titania for photocatalytic degradation of methyl red

• Autor(a) principal: Zahra,Samreen
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Mazhar,Sania, Zahra,Sarwat, Idrees,Hira, Hussnain,Ali
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Matéria (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-70762022000100334
• topic: Magnesium doped titania; Sol-gel method; photocatalytic activity

ABSTRACT Magnesium doped titania (MDT) composites with varying magnesium weight percentages (1-5 wt. %) were synthesized through a very simple and economical route of sol-gel method. The reactants used for making alkoxide precursor were titanium tetrachloride whereas magnesium nitrate was used for doping magnesium into titania in a mixture of solvents i.e. ethyl alcohol and water. The optimum conditions maintained for preparing sol were pH 3 and 60 ºC temperature with constant stirring for 2 hours. The gel obtained after drying the sol for each sample was calcined at 500 ºC for two hours. The powdered composite samples thus prepared were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry-thermogravimetric analysis (DSC-TGA), infrared spectroscopy (IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The samples were evaluated for their photocatalytic activity against methyl red dye under UV light irradiation and the dye degradation was examined by UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The results confirmed the excellent photocatalytic activity of synthesized magnesium doped TiO2 for the degradation of methyl red dye where MDT-3 having 3% magnesium doping exhibited the maximum degradation i.e. 96.8%.