Abstract
In this research, strontium titanate ( nanoparticles were synthesised using an ultrasonic method, then were doped with Pt using a photo-assisted deposition method to form nanoparticles. and nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, XPS, TEM, BET surface area UV-Vis and PL techniques in order to explore their chemical and physical properties. The visible light irradiation photocatalytic performances of nanoparticles and nanoparticles for photocatalytic oxidation of cyclohexane was investigated, and the results revealed that platinum was doped onto the nanoparticles surfaces as metallic platinum, and the weight percent of doped platinum greatly affected the band gap, and the 1.5 wt% nanoparticles showed the highest photocatalytic activity due to the low band gap. The stability of the nanoparticles for the photocatalytic oxidation of cyclohexane was examined and the results revealed that the nanoparticles could be used five times without losing their efficiency.
TEM images of (A) and 1.5 wt% (B) nanoparticles, which showed that is a spherical nanoparticle (A) and that platinum was doped as dots (B).