Sol–gel preparation and characterization of Ag and Mg co-doped nano TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>: efficient photocatalytic degradation of C.I. Acid Red 27

In this study, we successfully prepared pure, mono-doped, and Ag, Mg co-doped TiO₂ nanoparticles using the sol–gel method, with titanium tetraisopropoxide as the Ti source. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), specific surface area and porosity (BET and BJH) measurement, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy techniques. The XRD data showed that the prepared nanoparticles had the same crystals structures as the pure TiO₂. Also, DRS results indicated that the band gap of co-doped photocatalyst was smaller than that of the monometallic and undoped TiO₂ and that there was a shift in the absorption band towards the visible light region. Furthermore, the photocatalytic activity of the prepared catalysts was evaluated by the degradation of C.I. Acid Red 27 in aqueous solution under visible light irradiation. The results showed that Ag (0.08 mol%), Mg (0.2 mol%) co-doped TiO₂ had the highest photoactivity among all samples under visible light. It was concluded that co-doping of the Ag and Mg can significantly improve the photocatalytic activity of the prepared photocatalysts, due to the efficient inhibition of the recombination of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. The optimum calcination temperature and time were 450 °C and 3 h, respectively.     

Solubility of <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-Element Salts in Organic and Aqueous–Organic Solvents: VI.<Superscript>1</Superscript> Structure and Thermal Stability of Cadmium Iodide and Bromide Solvates with Dimethylacetamide and Dimethylformamide

Five solvates, [CdBr₂(DMF)] _n , [CdBr₂(DMA)] _n , [CdI²(DMF)] ⁿ , [Cd(DMF)₆][Cd₂I₆], and {[Cd(DMA)₆][Cd₅I₁₂] _n } _m , were isolated from the ternary systems CdX₂–L–H₂O (X = Br, I; L = N,N-dimethylacetamide, N,N-dimethylformamide) and characterized by the X-ray single crystal analysis. The structures of the first three solvates is similar to each other in structures and represent a one-dimensional polymer chain, the fourth solvate has the discrete structure containing [Cd(DMF)₆]²⁺ and [Cd₂I₆]^2– ions, and the fifth solvate contains discrete [Cd(DMA)₆]²⁺ cations and the polymer anionic fragment [Cd₅I₁₂] _n ^2n–.     

α- and β-diphenylphosphorylated secondary alkanols: I. general method of synthesis and extraction properties towards <Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>-elements

A simple and effective general method of synthesis of α- and β-diphenylphosphorylated secondary alkanols by the reduction of the corresponding phosphorylalkanones with NaBH4 was developed. The extraction properties of the resulting phosphorylalkanols Ph₂P(O)(CR₂)_nCH₂CH(OH)Me (n = 0, 1; R = H, Me) were studied in the recovery of f-elements (La^III, Nd^III, Ho^III, Yb^III, U^VI, Th^IV) from nitric acid solutions into chloroform and compared with those of both related phosphorylketones and known extractants (n-BuO)₃PO, (n-C₈H₁₇)₃PO, and Ph₂P(O)CH₂C(O)N(n-Bu)₂.     

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