Abstract
Rare earth metal oxides doped TiO 2 were prepared by an incipient wetness impregnation method by varying different mol% of La, Nd and Pr and characterized by various advanced techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), BET-surface area, N 2 adsorption–desorption measurements, UV–vis DRS, FTIR and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Analytical results demonstrated that the TiO 2 nanoparticles are mesoporous in nature and doping of lanthanides could inhibit the phase transformation, increases the surface area and decreases the crystallite size of mesoporous structures of TiO 2. We investigated the visible light induced photocatalytic activities of these materials towards reduction of hexavalent chromium and degradation of methylene blue for the first time. La 3+-TiO 2 containing 0.4 mol% lanthanum, activated at 673 K showed highest surface area (124.8 m 2/g), lowest crystallite size (8 nm) and exhibits highest photocatalytic activity. The reduction of hexavalent chromium and methylene blue degradation rate followed first-order kinetics.
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