Influence of yttrium doping on the photocatalytic behaviour of lanthanum titanate: a material for water treatment

Vasumathi Gopala Prabitha; Jhelai Sahadevan; Esakki Muthu Sankaran; Mashooq Ahmad Bhat; Narayanan Girija Nisha; Arangarajan Viji; Ikhyun Kim

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Influence of yttrium doping on the photocatalytic behaviour of lanthanum titanate: a material for water treatment

Vasumathi Gopala Prabitha , Jhelai Sahadevan , Esakki Muthu Sankaran , Mashooq Ahmad Bhat , Narayanan Girija Nisha , Arangarajan Viji and Ikhyun Kim

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Abstract

Remediating water contamination greatly benefits from the removal of chemical as well as microbiological contaminants using the same substance. Yttrium-doped Lanthanum Titanate (LaY_xTi_1−xO₃, where x = 0 (LTO) and 0.05 (LYTO)) nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by the auto-combustion method were already proven to have better antibacterial activities. The current study aims to investigate the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of the same sample for the organic pollutant Methylene Blue (MB) dye. Here, two vital and decisive characterization methods were employed: Raman spectroscopy for chemical and morphological features and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for surface phase identification. The oxidation states of La³⁺ and Ti³⁺ ions have been deduced using XPS. The HRTEM reveals the nano-structure with SAED pattern is supporting with XRD data. LaTiO₃ (LTO) and LaY_0.05Ti_0.95O₃ (LYTO) nanoparticles showed degradation efficiencies of 40.26 % and 86.24 %, respectively, at degrading methylene blue (MB) dye after a reaction time of 90 min. The degradation efficiency of LTO increased to 87.19 % after a reaction time of 150 min. The introduction of yttrium doping into lithium titanate demonstrates promise as a material for mitigating water treatment, as it augments the material’s antibacterial and photocatalytic characteristics.

Keywords: photocatalysis; perovskite; auto combustion; degradation efficiency; methylene blue

Corresponding authors: Jhelai Sahadevan, Centre for Energy and Environment, Department of Physics, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, 641021, India, E-mail: jhelaidev@gmail.com; and Ikhyun Kim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea, E-mail: kimih@kmu.ac.kr

Funding source: Korea Basic Science Institute (National research Facilities and Equipment Center) grant funded by the Ministry of Education

Award Identifier / Grant number: No.2020R1A6C101B189

Funding source: King Saud University, Riyadh

Award Identifier / Grant number: RSPD2024R740

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by Korea Basic Science Institute (National research Facilities and Equipment Center) grant funded by the Ministry of Education (No. 2020R1A6C101B189). The authors Prabitha V G and Nisha N G acknowledge DST-FIST Instrumentation facility, Department of Physics, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. The authors extend their thanks to Researchers Supporting Project (Ref: RSPD2024R740), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.

Research ethics: Not applicable.
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; M.A.B.: Formal analysis, data curation, conceptualization and writing-review and editing; N.G.N.: formal analysis, data curation, conceptualization, validation, and editing; A.V.: formal analysis; E.M.S.: data curation, supervision, writing-review and editing, and project administration; I.K.: formal analysis. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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.
Research funding: This research was supported by Korea Basic Science Institute (National research Facilities and Equipment Center) grant funded by the Ministry of Education (No. 2020R1A6C101B189). The authors extend their thanks to Researchers Supporting Project (Ref: RSPD2024R740), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.
Data availability: All the data used in the manuscript are within the manuscript.

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