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Zirconium-doped and silicon-doped TiO2 photocatalysts synthesis from ionic-liquid-like precursors

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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 344, Issue 2, Pages 327-333

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.12.063

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Zr-doped TiO2; Si-doped TiO2; Low temperature; Photocatalysis; Mineralization; Ionic liquids

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  1. Spanish National Plan of Research [CTQ2005-02808/PPQ]

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Nanocrystalline titania powders doped with either zirconium or silicon were synthesized at low temperature via destabilization of ionic-liquid-like precursors. Titania materials prepared at low temperature (85 degrees C) consisted of anatase nanocrystals of about 25 nm, according to powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Dopant incorporation was evaluated using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry, and it was found that dopant/titanium ratios in the powder (0.011 for Zr and 0.026 for Si) were lower than those in the precursor (0.11 for both). Low-temperature nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms displayed the characteristic hysteresis loop of mesoporous materials. Specific surface areas reached values of 130 and 155 m(2) g(-1) for Zr-doped and Si-doped TiO2, respectively. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized nanopowders was tested using methyl orange and 4-chlorophenol as target pollutants. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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