Synthesis of Iron-Doped Zirconium Titanate as a Potential Visible-Light Responsive Photocatalyst

Rian Kurniawan; Sri Sudiono; Wega Trisunaryanti; Akhmad Syoufian

doi:10.22146/ijc.38616

Synthesis of Iron-Doped Zirconium Titanate as a Potential Visible-Light Responsive Photocatalyst

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.38616

Rian Kurniawan⁽¹⁾, Sri Sudiono⁽²⁾, Wega Trisunaryanti⁽³⁾, Akhmad Syoufian^(4*)

(1) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(2) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(3) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(4) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

Synthesis and properties of iron-doped zirconium titanate (ZrTiO₄) as a potential visible-light-responsive photocatalyst had been conducted. Various iron dopant concentration and calcination temperature were investigated toward the properties of Fe-doped ZrTiO₄. The photocatalyst material was synthesized by sol-gel and impregnation method. Titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) was used as a precursor, embedded on zirconia fine powder. A certain amount of iron (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 wt.%) was introduced into the photocatalyst system from iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate (FeSO₄·7H₂O). Photocatalyst with various iron concentration calcined at 500 °C. ZrTiO₄ with 5% iron additionally was calcined at 700 and 900 °C. Characterization was performed by using XRD, FT-IR, SR-UV, and SEM-EDX. The presence of iron on the surface of ZrTiO₄ was proved by EDX analysis. Fe-doped ZrTiO₄ with the lowest bandgap (2.83 eV) is 7% of iron content after calcination at 500 °C.

Keywords

Fe-doped ZrTiO4; photocatalyst; iron; dopant; bandgap

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.38616