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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)

Synthesis of Nanostructured Copper-doped Titania and Its Properties

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353728
Oman Zuas
Research Center for Chemistry (RCChem), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kawasan PUSPIPTEK Serpong, 15314, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Harry Budiman
Research Center for Chemistry (RCChem), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kawasan PUSPIPTEK Serpong, 15314, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

Corresponding Author: Oman Zuas

oman.zuas@lipi.go.id

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013), Article Number: 26-33

Abstract

Nanostructured pure-TiO2 and Cu3%-TiO2 were successfully synthesized via co-precipitation method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) result proves that the synthesized sample were predominantly in anatase phase with size in the range of 8∼16 nm, which are in good agreement with the transmission electron microscopy data. Owing to doping of copper, not only did the thermal stability of the TiO2 decrease, but also a significant decrease in its particle size and a shift of the adsorption edge to a higher wavelength region appear. The activity of both pure-TiO2 and Cu3%-doped TiO2 was tested to study their ability to decolorize congo red (CR) dye in aqueous solution. We observed that the CR dye was decolorized faster by Cu3%-TiO2 than pure-TiO2. Results of this study demonstrate a potential application of the synthesized sample for decolorizing dye pollutants from aqueous waste.

Keywords

Nanostructure Copper Titania Decolorization Congo red
Zuas, Oman, and Harry Budiman. 2013. “Synthesis of Nanostructured Copper-Doped Titania and Its Properties”. Nano-Micro Letters 5 (1):26-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353728.
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