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Item Tuning the optical properties and photocatalytic activity of Ti0.96 Nd0.02 O2 by Cd/Fe co-doping(Springer, 2022) Mustafa, A.; Bensouici, F.; Bououdina, M.; Al-Najar, B.; Souier, T.; Belache, B.This research work aims to investigate Fe/Nd and Cd/Nd co-doped TiO 2 thin films prepared by sol–gel and deposited by dip-coating onto soda-lime glass and the impact of these dopants on the photocatalytic properties. The structural, optical, morphological, and photocatalytic properties of all the prepared sam- ples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscope, UV– Vis spectroscopy (UV–Vis), and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Rietveld analysis of XRD patterns indicates that TiO 2 co-doping by Fe/Nd and Cd/Nd deteriorates the crystallinity of the pure anatase phase whereas the crystallite size seems not affected, i.e., 13 nm. The morphology of the surface has been affected; the roughness increases from 0.91 nm for pure TiO 2 to 2.73 nm for Cd/ Nd co-doped TiO 2 . UV–vis spectroscopy and photoluminescence analyses indicate that the band-gap energy decreases with co-doping from 3.33 eV for TiO 2 up to 3.26 eV for Fe-Nd/TiO 2 . The degradation of methyl blue tests manifests that pure TiO 2 exhibits higher efficiency of 89% dye in three hours only. Significant decrease in the photocatalytic activity upon co-doping has been observed and a mechanism based on the combined effect of doping, annealing, and substrate effect is proposed to explain the photodegradation behaviorItem Surface, structural and optical properties dependence of Fe-doped TiO 2 films deposited onto soda–lime–glass(Elsevier, 2020) Benyakhlef, M.; Bensouici, F.; Bououdina, M.; Dakhel, A.A.; Tala-Ighil, Razika; Toubanea, M.In this study, pure and Fe doped TiO2 thin films have been prepared via sol-gel method using the tetraethyl-orthotitanate as source of Ti and Fe(III) nitrate as a source of Fe3+ doping. XRD patterns exhibit typical peaks of TiO2 anatase phase. SEM observations confirm the nanometer grain size (below 10 nm) without a defined shape. Optical measurements indicate a transparency in the range 80–100%, it increases with Fe doping level while the energy band gap slightly decreases; 3.36 – 3.28 eV. Wettability test shows a super-hydrophilicity of Fe3+ doped TiO2 thin films and the low contact angle is founded for 0.6%Fe. However, no enhancement in photocatalytic activity of Fe doped TiO2 thin films have been achieved. This may be attributed to sodium diffusion from the substrate. The as-prepared nanostructured Fe-doped TiO2 thin films can be used as potential candidate for self-cleaning due to the super-hydrophilicity character in the visible lightItem Cu2O addition and sintering temperature dependence of structural, microstructural and dielectric properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics(Elsevier, 2020) Djafar, Rabah; Boumchedda, K.; Chaouchi, A.; Fasquelle, D.; Sedda, K.; Brahimi, S.; Khalfaoui, K.; Bououdina, M.This study is aimed in the replacement of commonly used (CuO) by Cu2O in the synthesis of perovskite CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) phase by the solid-state reaction method. The XRD analysis of powder calcined at 1100 °C and ceramics sintered at different temperatures show that the CCTO phase was well crystallized with the presence of small quantities of additional phases. The SEM/EDS analysis of prepared pellets show that the formation of Cu2O/CuO phase occurs above 950 °C, resulting in enhanced densification at 1050 °C (>96%). However, it is found that the Cu2O-based CCTO begins to degrade around 1090 °C. The densification after sintering at 1050 °C reaches 96%, meanwhile dielectric constant and loss tangent values are optimum in the low frequency range (<103 Hz); i.e. 13378 and 0.177, respectively. This favors the use of Cu2O instead of CuO in CCTO ceramics for applications at low frequenciesItem Sol concentration effect on ZnO nanofibers photocatalytic activity synthesized by sol–gel dip coating method(IOP Publishing, 2017) Toubane, Mahdia; Tala-Ighil, Razika; Bensouici, F.; Bououdina, M.; Souier, M.; Liu, S.; Cai, W.; Iratni, A.Item Nanostructured oxide materials for photodegradation of dyes(2017) Bensouici, F.; Tala-Ighil, Razika; Bououdina, M.Item Optical, structural and photocatalysis properties of Cu-doped TiO2 thin films(Elsevier, 2017) Bensouici, F.; Bououdina, M.; Dakhel, A.A.; Tala-Ighil, Razika; Tounane, M.; Iratni, A.; Souier, T.; Liu, S.; Cai, W.Pure and Cu+2 doped TiO2 thin films have been successfully deposited onto glass substrate by sol–gel dip-coating. The films were annealed at 450 °C for 1 h and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDX), atomic force microscopy (AFM), UV–vis spectrophotometer and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. XRD confirmed the presence of two phases at higher Cu concentration; TiO2 anatase and CuO. AFM analysis showed that the surface roughness increases within increasing Cu content as well as the presence of large aggregates at higher Cu content. SEM observations confirmed the granular structure of the films, and EDX analysis revealed a low solubility limit (effective doping) of Cu into TiO2 lattice. It was found that the optical band gap energy decreases with increasing Cu content. At constant irradiation time, the photo-degradation of methylene blue rate decreased with increasing concentration of Cu+2Item Effect of acid nature in the starting solution on surface and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 thin films(Elsevier, 2014) Bensouici, F.; Souier, Tewfik; Iratni, A.; Dakhel, A.A.; Tala-Ighil, Razika; Bououdina, M.Item Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic behavior of Ag doped TiO2 thin film(Elsevier, 2015) Bensouici, F.; Souier, T.; Dakhel, A.A.; Iratni, A.; Tala-Ighil, Razika; Bououdina, M.In this study, structure, microstructure, optical properties and photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) have been investigated in an aqueous heterogeneous media containing pure and Ag doped TiO2 nanostructures thin films which were prepared by a simple sol–gel route. Thermal analysis demonstrated that Ag content decreased the temperature of anatase-to-rutile phase transformation. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that the prepared nanostructures crystallize within anatase-type structure and that the dopant Ag ions were not fully incorporated within TiO2 host lattice, meanwhile both the refractive index and optical band gap were affected by Ag concentration. The photodegradation of Rhodamine B under UV-C radiation by using pure and Ag-doped TiO2 nanostructures showed that Ag played an important role in a significant improvement of the photodegradation efficiency and that the optimum content of Ag ions was found to be 0.5% molar ratio