Research Article

Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes under Visible Light on N-Doped Photocatalysts

Table 1

List of catalysts and their bandgap.

Catalysts
TTIP volume (mL)NH3 solution
volume (mL)
N/Ti molar ratioCrystallites
size2 (nm)
SSA3 (m2/g)Aggregates
size4 (nm)
Bandgap energy5 (eV)

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1TiO2 by sol-gel method.
2From XRD analysis.
3From the equation SSA = 6000 * ( )āˆ’1, where SSA is the calculated specific surface area, is crystallites size (nm) and is TiO2 density (g/cm3), based on the assumption of spherical and nonporous particles [48].
4From DLS instrument.
5From UV-Vis spectra.