Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 130, Issue -, Pages 14-24Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.10.007
Keywords
Visible light active TiO2; Core-shell structure; Solar photocatalysis; HRTEM; EPR
Funding
- European Commission (Clean Water) [227017]
- Research DG of the European Commission within the joint RTD activities of the Environment and NMP Thematic Priorities
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Nanostructured modified TiO2 (m-TiO2) was synthesized using the gel combustion method based on the calcination of an acidified alkoxide solution mixed with urea. The materials were characterized by Raman, FT-IR and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopies, transmission (TEM) and scanning electron microscopies (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), in comparison with reference material untreated with urea (ref-TiO2). The effect of both the urea content and calcination temperature were optimized, providing the optimal absorption threshold of 2.19 eV for solar light harvesting. The photocatalytic performance of the m-TiO2 powder was tested for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) azo dye under UVA (350-365 nm), visible (440-460 nm), and daylight (350-750 nm) illumination. The hybrid inorganic/organic material shows exceptional physicochemical properties and significant photocatalytic activity, especially in the visible, attributed to sensitization of the TiO2 by a thin porous layer of carbonacious species in controlled core-shell morphology. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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