Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Vanadium-Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles in Rhodamine B Degradation

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Samples</td><td class="align_center">Gap energy (eV)</td><td class="align_center">Average crystallite size (nm) (XRD)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pure SnO2</td><td class="align_center">3.25</td><td class="align_center">19.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SnO2 :V 1%NPs</td><td class="align_center">2.80</td><td class="align_center">17.7</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SnO2 :V 2%NPs</td><td class="align_center">2.63</td><td class="align_center">16.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SnO2 :V 4%NPs</td><td class="align_center">2.55</td><td class="align_center">10.3</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Band gap energy and average crystallite size of pure SnO2 and SnO2: V NPs.</div>

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Table 3: Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Vanadium-Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles in Rhodamine B Degradation