Gadolinia-modified ceria photocatalyst for removal of lead (II) ions from aqueous solutions |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan;2. Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O box 1171 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway;1. State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide BandGap Semiconductor Technology, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi''an 710071, PR China;2. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi''an 710071, PR China;3. Faculty of Science, University of Paris-Sud, Paris 91400, France;4. Faculty of Information Engineering & Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650051, PR China;1. Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700009, India;2. Department of Physics, Bose Institute, 93/1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700009, India;1. Unité de physique des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs, Tunis EL MANAR University, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia;2. Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, Zarzouna 7021, Tunisia;3. Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Marmara University, Göztepe, Istanbul 34722, Turkey;1. Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunis-El Manar University, 2092, Tunisia;2. King Khalid University, Faculty of Science, Physics, Department, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia;3. Laboratoire de Physique des Rayonnements, Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Badji Mokhtar, Annaba 23000, Algeria |
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| Abstract: | Gd2O3-modified CeO2 particles are prepared by a solid-state reaction method, and are used to remove Pb(II) ions from aqueous solutions by a photoelectrodeposition. The UV–photocatalytic activity for Pb(II) ion removal of the Gd2O3-modified CeO2 is significantly higher than that of pure CeO2. A solid solution Gd0.1Ce0.9O1.95 phase coexisting with the CeO2 matrix phase shows a high ability of photoelectrodeposition for the Pb(II) ions removal, compared to the two-phases mixture of Gd2O3–CeO2. The high photocatalytic activity is also supported by a strong photoluminescence (PL) signal from the Gd0.1Ce0.9O1.95–CeO2. The high activity can be due to a formation of heterojunctions between p-type Gd0.1Ce0.9O1.95 and n-type CeO2, promoting transfer of photogenerated electron–hole pairs and efficiency restraining recombination of the charges. |
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| Keywords: | Gadolinium oxide Cerium oxide Photocatalyst Lead Wastewater |
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