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Cr-Doped TiO<sub>2</sub> Thin Films Prepared by Means of a Magnetron Co-Sputtering Process: Photocatalytic Application
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Canada
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Laboratoire de Traitement et de Recyclage des Eaux, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies des Eaux, Technop?le de Borj-Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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Laboratoire de Photovoltaïque, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l’Energie, Technopole de Borj-Cédria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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Unité de Physique des Dispositifs à Semi-Conducteurs, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
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Laboratoire de Traitement et de Recyclage des Eaux, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies des Eaux, Technop?le de Borj-Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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Laboratoire de Photovoltaïque, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l’Energie, Technopole de Borj-Cédria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Canada
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Department of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
1 Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Canada
2 Laboratoire de Traitement et de Recyclage des Eaux, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies des Eaux, Technop?le de Borj-Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
3 Laboratoire de Photovoltaïque, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l’Energie, Technopole de Borj-Cédria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
4 Unité de Physique des Dispositifs à Semi-Conducteurs, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
5 Laboratoire de Traitement et de Recyclage des Eaux, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies des Eaux, Technop?le de Borj-Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
6 Laboratoire de Photovoltaïque, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l’Energie, Technopole de Borj-Cédria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
7 Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Canada
8 Department of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
This paper deals with the effect of Cr content on photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 thin films deposited on quartz and intrinsic silicon substrates by using the RF magnetron co-sputtering process. Some physical investigations on such sputtered films were made by means of X-ray Diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy as well as UV-Vis-IR absorption techniques. The heat treatment under oxygen atmosphere at 550°C reveals that the crystalline structure of TiO 2 : Cr depends on Cr content. Anatase-to-rutile phase transformation occurs at a Cr content of about 7%. On the other hand, the band gap energy value of annealed TiO 2 : Cr films varies in terms of Cr doping and a transition around 7% of Cr is accrued. The photocatalytic activity of undoped and doped TiO 2 films was evaluated by photo-degrading of the amido black under UV light irradiation. Modification of the chemical structure of titanium dioxide by Cr doping allows moving the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide towards visible light. The results indicate that films doped with 2% Cr exhibit the highest UV and visible light photocatalytic activity.
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