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    Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites with multifunctional properties

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    Smitha, V.
    Pillai, S.
    Saraswathy Hareesh, U.
    Nair, Balagopal
    Warrier, K.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Smitha, V. and Pillai, S. and Saraswathy Hareesh, U. and Nair, B. and Warrier, K. 2014. Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites with multifunctional properties. RSC Advances. 4 (106): pp. 61727-61735.
    Source Title
    RSC Advances
    DOI
    10.1039/c4ra08910c
    School
    Nanochemistry Research Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6624
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    © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014.Photoluminescent and self-cleaning properties of an Eu<sup>3+</sup> doped titania-silica-lanthanum phosphate nanocomposite (Eu-TSL) prepared by an aqueous sol-gel process and films fabricated on glass substrates by dip coating are investigated in the present work. These nanocomposites containing Eu<sup>3+</sup> as dopants exhibit red luminescence upon visible light excitation, after heat treatment at 400°C. For an excitation wavelength of 465 nm, the PL spectra of Eu-TSL show intense peaks at 613 nm (<sup>5</sup>D<inf>0</inf>-<sup>7</sup>F<inf>2</inf>), characteristic of Eu<sup>3+</sup> ions. This red emission has a life time of ~0.5 ms. 1 mol% Eu added TSL shows ~96% methylene blue dye degradation after two hours UV light exposure which is attributed to the presence of anatase phase, optimum crystallite size (5.7 nm) and enhanced specific surface area (147 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>-1</sup>). Eu-TSL was found to be five times more efficient in decolourization of methylene blue than Eu-TiO<inf>2</inf> from the reported literature. Eu-TSL retains all the major properties including photoactivity, transparency (~97%) and low wettability (~80°). In addition, red emission could be integrated at very low europium doping levels (1 mol%). Even though europium doping on titania is reported widely, a multifunctional luminescent and self-cleaning composition based on Eu-TSL synthesized by an aqueous sol-gel route is reported for the first time.

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