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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2011, Article ID 461930, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/461930 Research Article Comparative Solid Phase Photocatalytic Degradation of Polythene Films with Doped and Undoped TiO2 Nanoparticles Wasim Asghar,1 Ishtiaq A. Qazi,1 Hassan Ilyas,1 Aftab Ahmad Khan,2 M. Ali Awan,1 and M. Rizwan Aslam1 1 Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan 2 Advanced Engineering Research Organization (AERO), Hassan Abdal 43730, Pakistan Correspondence should be addressed to Wasim Asghar, wasim@.pk Received 19 February 2010; Accepted 14 April 2010 Academic Editor: Bo Zou Copyright © 2011 Wasim Asghar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Comparative photocatalytic degradation of polythene films was investigated with undoped and metal (Fe, Ag, and Fe/Ag mix) doped TiO2 nanoparticles under three different conditions such as UV radiation, artificial light, and darkness. Prepared photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, and EDS techniques. Photocatalytic degradation of the polythene films was determined by monitoring their weight reduction, SEM analysis, and FTIR spectroscopy. Weight of PE films steadily decreased and led to maximum of 14.34% reduction under UV irradiation with Fe/Ag mix doped TiO2 nanoparticles and maximum of 14.28% reduction under artificial light with Ag doped TiO nanoparticles in 300 hrs. No weight reduction was observed u