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Self-Doped Cu-Deposited Titania Nanotubes as Efficient Visible Light Photocatalyst

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Poor crystallinity and applications restricted to only UV region of titanate nanotubes (TNTs) generated numerous routes towards high surface area visible photocatalysts. In this study, TNTs were prepared via alkaline hydrothermal synthesis route followed by deposition of visible light sensitive CuO on their surface via photoreduction method under anoxic conditions. Photodeposited Cu(II) oxide was confirmed by means of EPR and DR-UV-Vis spectroscopy. Further annealing in 5% H2/N2 gas mixture introduced oxygen vacancies associated with Ti3+ defect sites, which additionally enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light. Using such photocatalyst, almost complete inactivation of bacteria Escherichia coli was achieved within 60 min of illumination with visible light.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia through Research Program No. P2-0150.

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    Boštjan Erjavec, Tatjana Tišler, Maja Plahuta & Albin Pintar

  2. Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1001, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Elena Tchernychova

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Erjavec, B., Tišler, T., Tchernychova, E. et al. Self-Doped Cu-Deposited Titania Nanotubes as Efficient Visible Light Photocatalyst. Catal Lett 147, 1686–1695 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-017-2073-x

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