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Influence of lanthanum precursors on the heterogeneous La/SnO2–TiO2 nanocatalyst with enhanced catalytic activity under visible light

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Surfactant controlled synthesis of La/SnO2–TiO2 nanocomposite was studied by using anionic surfactant dioctyl sulfosuccinate sodium salt (DOSS) synthesized via sol–gel method followed by hydrothermal method by using different lanthanum precursors. The structural investigation, thermal degradation, kinetics, thermodynamics properties, crystallite size, morphology, surface and photocatalytic properties of synthesized samples were studied by using different characterization techniques i.e. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Particle Size Analyzer (PSA), Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Ultraviolet–Visible spectrophotometer (UV–VIS). Band gap calculations and optical properties of both SnO2–TiO2 and La/SnO2–TiO2 were studied by using UV–Visible spectroscopy. The performance of both SnO2–TiO2 and La/SnO2–TiO2 nanocomposites as a photocatalytic agent was also investigated for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under the illumination of sunlight.

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The authors are thankful to Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan to support this work through NRPU research Project No. 20-2660/NRPU/R&D/HEC/13.

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Perveen, S., Farrukh, M.A. Influence of lanthanum precursors on the heterogeneous La/SnO2–TiO2 nanocatalyst with enhanced catalytic activity under visible light. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 10806–10818 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-6858-x

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