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Visible light photocatalytic activity of sol–gel Ni-doped TiO2 on p-arsanilic acid degradation

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Nickel-doped TiO2 (0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, and 10.0 wt%) photocatalysts were prepared by the sol–gel method. Physicochemical properties were determined by the characterization using X-ray diffraction, Raman and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopies, N2 physisorption, and zeta potential determination (PZC). The synthesized materials exhibited the photocatalytically active anatase crystalline phase and the catalysts exhibited stronger absorption in the visible light region with a red shift in the adsorption edge with the increase of Ni doping. The photocatalytic evaluation of TiO2−Ni materials was carried out on p-arsanilic acid (p-ASA, 10 mg L−1) degradation in aqueous suspension under visible radiation. Compared with bare TiO2, the TiO2–Ni 1.0 material (1 wt% Ni-doped TiO2) exhibited higher photocatalytic activity on p-ASA degradation under visible light irradiation allowing a 76% degradation percentage in 180 min reaction time while 60% degradation percentage was achieved with undoped TiO2. The TiO2–Ni 1.0 material showed the highest surface area in comparison with the other prepared materials. Meanwhile, the photocatalytic activity of TiO2–Ni 1.0 can keep even after three cycles with not loss of activity since nickel was not leached from the TiO2-based catalyst into the solution during photocatalytic reaction. Therefore, the doping of the nickel into the TiO2 lattice by the sol–gel method allowed its activation under visible radiation and an efficient photoexcited charge separation to prevent electron-hole recombination showing high chemical stability.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from PAICYT UANL and Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UANL. We also thank the LINAN-IPICyT for the equipment and infrastructure provided. We wish to thank MC Beatriz Adriana Rivera Escoto and PhD Roberto Camposeco Solis for their valuable support.

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  1. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León C.P., 66451, Mexico

    Mónica Patricia Blanco Vega, Aracely Hernández-Ramírez, Jorge Luis Guzmán Mar & Laura Hinojosa-Reyes

  2. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Facultad de Ciencias, San Luis Potosí, SLP, 78000, Mexico

    Mariana Hinojosa-Reyes

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    Vicente Rodríguez-González

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Vega, M.P.B., Hinojosa-Reyes, M., Hernández-Ramírez, A. et al. Visible light photocatalytic activity of sol–gel Ni-doped TiO2 on p-arsanilic acid degradation. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 85, 723–731 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-018-4579-0

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