Low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of highly photoactive mesoporous spherical TiO2 nanocrystalline |
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Authors: | Minghua Zhou Jing Xu Huogen Yu |
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Affiliation: | a State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China b Lab of Medical Chemistry, Yunyang Medical College, Shiyan 442000, Hubei, PR China |
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Abstract: | TiO2 microspheres with mesoporous textural microstructures and high photocatalytic activity were prepared by hydrothermal treatment of mixed solution of titanium sulfate and urea with designed time. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and N2 adsorption-desorption measurements. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated via the photocatalytic oxidation of acetone in air at room temperature. The results show that the hydrothermal time significantly influences on the morphology, microstructure and photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared samples. With increasing hydrothermal time, specific surface areas and pore volumes decrease, contrarily, the crystallite size and relative anatase crystallinity increase. The photocatalytic efficiency of the as-prepared samples is obviously higher than that of commercial Degussa P25 (P25) powders. Especially, the as-prepared TiO2 powders by hydrothermal treatment for 7 h shows the highest photocatalytic activity, which exceeds that of P25 by a factor of more than 2 times. |
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Keywords: | A. Semiconductor B. Chemical synthesis D. Microstructure D. Surface properties |
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