We have succeeded in preparing doped TiO
2 powders after the calcinations of the mixture TiO
2 and organic compounds such as urea or thiourea. In order to improve the photoactivity of the doped TiO
2, we investigated the doped TiO
2 loaded with Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles. The photoactivities of doped TiO
2 loaded with Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles for decomposition of 2-propanol and acetaldehyde were higher than that of doped TiO
2 without Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles. ESR analyses suggested that photoexcited electrons generated in TiO
2 during photoirradiation were efficiently trapped by Fe
3+ ions loaded on TiO
2, which resulted in the formation of Fe
2+ ions. When the doped TiO
2 photocatalysts loaded with Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles was treated with NaBH
4 and air oxidation, their photocatalytic activities were 1.5 times that of the one without the treatment of NaBH
4. The improvement of photocatalytic activity was due to a decrease in diameter of Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles on the doped TiO
2, which was supported by the results of TEM and EDX analyses.
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