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Effect of Zr substitution on photocatalytic and magnetic properties of lanthanum titanate

  • Vasumathi Gopala Prabitha , Jhelai Sahadevan ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Kamalraj Subramaniam , Velayudhan Pillai Sreejith , Subalakshmi Kumar , Esakki Muthu Sankaran , Fohad Mabood Husain and Ashok Kumar Kaliamurthy
Published/Copyright: March 28, 2024

Abstract

Photocatalysis is considered a highly promising method to treat water samples contaminated with organic pollutants. Zirconium-doped lanthanum titanate (LaTi1−xZr x O3, where x = 0 (LTO) and 0.05 (LZTO)) NPs were synthesized by the auto-combustion method and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–vis DRS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and Raman spectroscopy. LTO and LZTO have tetragonal structure with an average crystalline size of 16 nm and 13 nm respectively. The band gap from UV–vis DRS was estimated to be 3.52 and 3.36 eV, respectively. The analysis of surface morphology indicates that the addition of Zr disrupted the crystal structure of LTO and transformed its spherical morphology into a rod-like structure. The Raman spectra of the LTO and LZTO crystal structure revealed the presence of Ag and B2g symmetry phonons. The magnetic properties were analysed by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) which confirmed the ferromagnetic behaviour. LZTO nanoparticles have been shown to have an efficiency of 92 % after 80 min of degradation. The synthesized LZTO samples exhibited enhanced ferromagnetic behaviour and improved photoactivity for the degradation of methylene blue dye as compared to those of pure LTO, make LZTO a good choice for magnetically separable photocatalysts that effectively purify contaminated water.


Corresponding authors: Jhelai Sahadevan, Centre for Biophotonics and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore 641021, Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail:

Funding source: Department of Science and Technology (DST) & Researchers Supporting Project, Saudi Arabia.

Award Identifier / Grant number: Ref No. DST/TDT/DDP-16/2021 (G) (India) & Ref: RSPD2024R729 (Saudi Arabia).

Acknowledgments

The author, Kamalraj Subramaniam (KS), thanks the funding from the Department of Science and Technology, India, under the scheme 1819 Innovation, Technology, and Development (DST/TDT/DDP-16/2021 (G)). KS extends his gratitude to their Dean of R&D and Industry Relations, Prof. Dr. V. Parthasarathy, and management for their continuous support and motivation. The authors would like to thank the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSPD2024R729), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: V.G.P.: Formal Analysis, Data Curation, Conceptualization and Writing-Original Draft; J.S.: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Supervision, Writing-Review and Editing and Proof Reading; K.S.: Formal Analysis, Data Curation, Conceptualization and Writing-Review and Editing; V.P.S.: Formal Analysis, Data Curation, Conceptualization, Validation, and Editing; S.K.: Formal Analysis; E.M.S.: Data Curation, Supervision, Writing-Review and Editing, and Project administration; F.M.H.: Formal Analysis; A.K.K.: Formal Analysis. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

  4. Research funding: The research fund was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, under the scheme 1819 Innovation, Technology, and Development (DST/TDT/DDP-16/2021 (G)) and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under Project Number (RSPD2024R729).

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Received: 2024-01-12
Accepted: 2024-03-08
Published Online: 2024-03-28
Published in Print: 2025-02-25

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