Photocatalytic activity enhancement of Dy-doped TiO2 nanoparticles hybrid with TiO2 (B) nanobelts under UV and fluorescence irradiation

The main drawbacks of anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles for being used as a photocatalyst are due to the rapid charge recombination of the electron-hole pairs and the wide band gap energy, limiting its photocatalysis application. To enhance photocatalytic activity, structure modification was performed here. Heterogeneous nanostructure of Dy-doped TiO2 nanoparticles hybrid with Monoclinic TiO2 nanobelts (Dy/TNBs) was fabricated via...