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UV-A light-induced photodegradation of Acid Blue 113 in the presence of Sm-doped ZnO nanostructures

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In this report, optical and photocatalytic degradation of Acid Blue 113 (AB 113) has been investigated in an aqueous heterogeneous media containing pure and Sm-doped ZnO nanostructures which were prepared by a simple wet chemical route. X-ray diffraction measurement confirmed that the prepared nanostructures were in hexagonal wurtzite structure and the dopant Sm ion was incorporated into the Zn lattice. Interesting morphological changes involving a nanosheet-star-spherical transition were observed upon Sm doping and annealing, which were identified through transmission electron microscope. Optical absorption measurements showed an exciton absorption band and a band gap narrowing with respect to the Sm concentrations. The photodegradation of Acid Blue 113 under UV-A radiation by using pure and Sm-doped ZnO nanostructures showed that samarium played an important role in the significant improvement of the photodegradation efficiency and the optimum amount of Sm ion was found to be 1 mmol %. Further, the possible degradation mechanism was proposed herein.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the FONDECYT Postdoctoral Project No.: 3140178 and FONDECYT No.: 1130916, Government of Chile, Santiago, for the financial assistance.

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  1. Advanced Ceramics and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Materials Engineering, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    Thangaraj Pandiyarajan & Ramalinga Viswanathan Mangalaraja

  2. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 620 015, India

    Balasubramanian Karthikeyan

  3. Department of Chemistry, Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, 613 403, Tamil Nadu, India

    Panneerselvam Sathishkumar

  4. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    Héctor D. Mansilla

  5. Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    David Contreras

  6. Renewable Resources Laboratory, Center for Biotechnology, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile

    José Ruiz

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Pandiyarajan, T., Mangalaraja, R.V., Karthikeyan, B. et al. UV-A light-induced photodegradation of Acid Blue 113 in the presence of Sm-doped ZnO nanostructures. Appl. Phys. A 119, 487–495 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9102-7

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