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Manipulating and Revealing the Roles of La and Zr Dopants into ZnTiO3 Perovskite Toward Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline Under Visible Light Irradiation

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Various ZnTiO3 perovskites replacing A and B sites by La, Zr dopants were successfully synthesized via the ultrasonic-assisted sol–gel method. Different calcination temperatures, La–Zr dopants were examined, followed by the characterization of various techniques. Cubic ZnTiO3 perovskites obtained at the calcination temperature of 700 °C, 10 mol% La-doped, and 5 mol% Zr-doped ZnTiO3 revealed high crystallinity and rod-shaped morphology, being regarded as potential photocatalysts. Among candidates, 5 mol% Zr-doped ZnTiO3 expressed much more significant improvement of photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline (up to 19.6%) than non-doped ZnTiO3, ascribing to the change of the lattice structure, the existence of oxygen vacancies, and the decrease of electron–hole recombination rate.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, for the financial support under Grant No. MOST 110-2221-E-006-217-MY3.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, Daxue Rd., East District, Tainan City, 701401, Taiwan

    Chao-Wei Huang

  2. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, No.415, Jiangong Road, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan

    Rou-An Chen

  3. Department of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, No.1, Xuefu Rd., Neipu Township, Pingtung County, 912, Taiwan

    Wei-Yu Chen

  4. Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE), Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, 603103, India

    Van-Huy Nguyen

  5. Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402227, Taiwan

    Kun-Yi Andrew Lin

  6. Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze, 41-803, Poland

    Janusz Lasek

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Huang, CW., Chen, RA., Chen, WY. et al. Manipulating and Revealing the Roles of La and Zr Dopants into ZnTiO3 Perovskite Toward Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline Under Visible Light Irradiation. Top Catal 66, 34–40 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-01616-3

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