PMID- 23384541
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131125
LR  - 20130429
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 91
IP  - 11
DP  - 2013 Jun
TI  - Visible light photocatalytic activity of Fe(3+)-doped ZnO nanoparticle prepared 
      via sol-gel technique.
PG  - 1604-11
LID - S0045-6535(13)00003-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.055 [doi]
AB  - The optical properties of a ZnO photocatalyst were enhanced with various dopant 
      concentrations of Fe(3+). Doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized via a sol-gel 
      method without the use of capping agents or surfactants and was then 
      characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), 
      transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) 
      spectroscopy. The results showed that ZnO has a wurtzite, hexagonal structure and 
      that the Fe(3+) ions were well incorporated into the ZnO crystal lattice. As the 
      Fe(3+) concentration increased from 0.25 wt.% to 1 wt.%, the crystal size 
      decreased in comparison with the undoped ZnO. The spectral absorption shifts of 
      the visible light region (red shift) and the band gap decreases for each Fe-ZnO 
      sample were investigated. The photocatalytic activities of the ZnO and Fe-ZnO 
      samples were evaluated based on the degradation of 2-chlorophenol in aqueous 
      solution under solar radiation. The samples with a small concentration of Fe(3+) 
      ions showed enhanced photocatalytic activity with an optimal maximum performance 
      at 0.5 wt.%. The results indicated that toxicity removal of 2-chlorophenol at 
      same line of degradation efficiency. Small crystallite size and low band gap were 
      attributed to high activities of Fe-ZnO samples under various concentrations of 
      Fe(3+) ions compared to undoped ZnO.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ba-Abbad, Muneer M
AU  - Ba-Abbad MM
AD  - Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built 
      Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 
      Malaysia. muneer711@gmail.com
FAU - Kadhum, Abdul Amir H
AU  - Kadhum AA
FAU - Mohamad, Abu Bakar
AU  - Mohamad AB
FAU - Takriff, Mohd S
AU  - Takriff MS
FAU - Sopian, Kamaruzzaman
AU  - Sopian K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130204
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Chlorophenols)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Ferric Compounds)
RN  - K9KAV4K6BN (2-chlorophenol)
RN  - SOI2LOH54Z (Zinc Oxide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Catalysis
MH  - Chlorophenols/*radiation effects
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*radiation effects
MH  - Ferric Compounds/*radiation effects
MH  - Light
MH  - Nanoparticles/*radiation effects
MH  - Phase Transition
MH  - Photolysis
MH  - Zinc Oxide/*chemical synthesis/*radiation effects
EDAT- 2013/02/07 06:00
MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00
CRDT- 2013/02/07 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/12/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/12/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/02/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/02/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(13)00003-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.055 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2013 Jun;91(11):1604-11. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.055. 
      Epub 2013 Feb 4.