Sol-gel synthesis of DyCrO₃ and 10% Fe-doped DyCrO₃ nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production abilities.

ABSTRACT: DyCrO₃ and 10% Fe-doped DyCrO₃ nanoparticles have been synthesized using a sol-gel method to investigate their performance in photocatalytic hydrogen production from water. The synthesized nanoparticles have been characterized by performing X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and UV-visible spectrophotometric measurements. In addition, field emission scanning electron microscopy has been performed to observe their size and shape. The Fe-doped DyCrO₃ nanoparticles show a significantly smaller band gap of 2.45 eV compared to the band gap of 2.82 eV shown by the DyCrO₃ nanoparticles. The Fe-doped DyCrO₃ nanoparticles show better photocatalytic activity in the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) compared to the photocataly

SUBMITTER: Ahsan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9079860 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature