Surface and interface characteristics of TiO2–muscovite nanocomposites

The morphology and chemical characteristics of the surface and the interface of TiO₂–muscovite nanocomposites were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Our results clearly showed that TiO₂ grains formed on the TiO₂ thin film surface, whereas the presence of TiO₂ grains on the interface between TiO₂ thin films and the muscovite substrates was not obvious. While euhedral rutile grains were found in samples doped with Zn ions, none were found in samples doped with Sn ions. The XPS results showed that cations present in the muscovite substrates diffused into the TiO₂ thin films. Etching measurements revealed that diffusion abilities of cation impurities varied: Si and Al diffused more easily than K. The observed differences in chemical composition and oxidation of the elements, especially on the surface and the subsurface, may influence the different crystallization behaviors of elements in TiO₂ thin films and the different active degree of elements diffusing from muscovite substrates.     

常压CVD法合成铌掺杂少层MoS2

利用粉体NbCl₅作为Nb掺杂源,采用常压CVD方法合成了大尺寸Nb掺杂的少层MoS₂薄膜。通过扫描电子显微镜和原子力显微镜观察获得了该薄膜样品的形貌和厚度信息。拉曼光谱和X射线光电子谱测试证实了Nb被掺入到了MoS₂薄膜中,Nb掺杂的MoS₂合金薄膜已经形成。最后,对Nb掺杂的少层MoS₂薄膜的电学性质进行了测试。     

Preparation of S-TiO2 photocatalyst and photodegradation of L-acid under visible light

S-doped TiO₂ (S-TiO₂) photocatalyst was synthesized by sol–gel method with tetrabutyl titanate and thiourea as precursor. S-TiO₂ was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the photocatalytic activity was evaluated by 1-naphthol-5-sulfonic acid (L-acid) under UV, visible light and solar light radiation. The results showed that doped S could improve photoabsorption property of TiO₂ in the visible region, leading the increase in the photocatalytical activity of TiO₂.

The average particle size of the S-TiO₂ photocatalyst is about 10 nm. The S-TiO₂-4 photocatalyst contains 100% anatase crystalline phase of TiO₂. In the S-TiO₂-4 photocatalyst, S does not exist independently, but is incorporated into the crystal lattice of TiO₂. In the inner crystal lattice of the S-TiO₂-4 photocatalyst, S as S²⁻ replaces O in TiO₂, while on the surface of crystal lattice, S exists as S⁴⁺ and S⁶⁺.

The photocatalytical activity of S-TiO₂-4 photocatalyst for the photodegradation of L-acid is better than that of pure TiO₂. Under the same conditions, the photodegradation efficiency of L-acid for the S-TiO₂-4 photocatalyst and the solar light irradiation is 85.1%, while it is only 26.4% for pure TiO₂. In addition, the final products of the photocatalysis of L-acid using the S-TiO₂-4 photocatalyst are not organic compounds with low molecular weight, but the inorganic compounds.     

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization of composite TiO2–poly(vinylidenefluoride) films synthesised for applications in pesticide photocatalytic degradation

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was adopted for the analytical characterization of composite titanium dioxide–poly(vinylidenefluoride) (TiO₂–PVDF) films developed for applications in the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants.

The composites were deposited on glass substrates by casting or spin coating from TiO₂–PVDF suspensions in dimethylformamide (DMF). XPS data on the TiO₂–PVDF surface composition were used to optimize preparation conditions (composition of the TiO₂/PVDF suspension, deposition technique) in terms of titanium dioxide surface amount and film stability.

The use of spin-coating deposition and the increase of TiO₂ amount in the DMF suspensions were found to improve the titanium surface content, although high TiO₂/PVDF ratios led to film instability. PVDF–TiO₂ films were also used in preliminary photocatalytic degradation tests on isoproturon, a phenylurea herbicide, under solar UV irradiation; the results were compared to direct photolysis to evaluate the catalytic efficiency of immobilized TiO₂ and the role played by the PVDF film during the degradation process.     

Highly active V-TiO2 for photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange

Two kinds of vanadium-doped TiO₂ powders photocatalysts were prepared by sol-gel method in even doping and uneven doping modes, and were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ photocatalysts doped by vanadium evenly with lower dopant level up to 0.002 mol.% is better than that of undoped TiO₂, while with higher dopant level the activity is worse. TiO₂ photocatalysts doped by vanadium unevenly with a p-n junction semiconductor structure, was shown to have a much higher photocatalytic destruction rate than that of TiO₂ photocatalysts doped by vanadium evenly and undoped TiO₂, which is ascribed mainly to the electrostatic-field-driven electron-hole separation in TiO₂ particles doped by vanadium unevenly.     

(Cu,N)共掺杂TiO2/MoS2异质结的电子和光学性能:杂化泛函HSE06

在密度泛函理论的基础上,系统地研究了Cu/N（共）掺杂的TiO₂/MoS₂异质结体系的几何结构、电子结构和光学性质.计算发现,TiO₂/MoS₂异质结的带隙相比于纯的TiO₂（101）表面明显变小,Cu/N（共）掺杂TiO₂/MoS₂异质结体系的禁带宽度也明显地减小,这导致光子激发能量的降低和光吸收能力的提高.通过计算Cu/N（共）掺杂TiO₂/MoS₂的差分电荷密度,发现光生电子与空穴积累在掺杂后的TiO₂（101）表面和单层MoS₂之间,这表明掺杂杂质体系可以有效地抑制光生电子-空穴对的复合.此外,我们计算了在不同压力下TiO₂/MoS₂异质结的几何、电子和光学性质,发现适当增加压力可以有效提高异质结的光吸收性能.本文结果表明,Cu/N（共）掺杂TiO₂/MoS₂异质结和对TiO₂/MoS₂异质结加压都能有效地提高材料的光学性能.     

锐钛矿相和金红石相Nb:TiO_2电学性质的GGA(+U)法研究

采用基于密度泛函理论第一性原理GGA和GGA+U相结合的方法研究了不同掺杂浓度下锐钛矿相和金红石相Nb:TiO2的晶体结构、电子结构以及稳定性.结果表明:锐钛矿相Nb:TiO2能带结构与简并半导体类似,呈类金属导电机理.金红石相Nb:TiO2呈半导体导电机理.Nb原子比Ti原子电离产生出更多的电子.锐钛矿相Nb:TiO2中Nb原子的电离率比金红石相Nb:TiO2的大.以上结果说明锐钛矿相Nb:TiO2比金红石相Nb:TiO2更适宜用作TCO材料;掺杂浓度对其杂质能级,费米能级和有效质量都有影响.Nb原子掺杂浓度越高,材料电离率呈降低趋势;形成能计算结果显示:在富钛条件下不利于Nb原子的掺杂,而在富氧条件下有利于Nb原子的掺杂.对于金红石相和锐钛矿相Nb:TiO2,不论是在贫氧或富氧条件下,随着Nb原子掺杂浓度的提高,形成能均增大.     

Cu掺杂纳米TiO2光催化还原CO2实验研究

利用溶胶凝胶法制备不同掺杂量的CuO-TiO₂纳米粉体,采用热重差热分析仪（TG-DTA）,X射线衍射仪（XRD）,场发射扫描电镜（FSEM-EDX）等手段对其进行表征;在波长为253.7nm的紫外灯照射下,进行CO₂光催化还原实验研究,探究CO₂光催化资源化利用可行性,。结果表明,溶胶凝胶法制备所得CuO掺杂TiO₂纳米粉体,粒径大小在20～30 nm之间;CO₂光催化还原主要产物为甲醇,掺杂量为5%（质量分数）CnO-TiO₂纳米粉体催化效果最好,反应10 h后得到甲醇产量为27mg·（g-cata）^-1;随着反应时间的增加,产物中甲醇含量也逐渐增加。     

Characteristics of the silver-doped TiO2 nanoparticles

Silver ions doping made enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of TiO₂, which was determined by degradation of methyl orange (MO), a probe molecule, in an aqueous solution. X-ray diffraction (XRD) investigation demonstrated that the silver doping changed lattice parameters of TiO₂, which should attribute to the O vacancies produced by the substitutional silver ion at lattice site. On above results, a doping mechanism of silver ions in TiO₂ was also discussed.     

Electrochromic properties of spray deposited TiO2-doped WO3 thin films

TiO₂-doped WO₃ thin films were deposited onto fluorine-doped tin oxide coated conducting glass substrates using spray pyrolysis technique at 525 °C. The volume percentage of TiO₂ dopant was varied from 13% to 38%. The thin film samples were transparent, uniform and strongly adherent to the substrates. Electrochromical properties of TiO₂-doped WO₃ thin films were studied with the help of cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA) and chronocoulometry (CC) techniques. It has been found that TiO₂ doping in WO₃ enhances its electrochromic performance. Colouration efficiency becomes almost double and samples exhibit increasingly high reversibility with TiO₂ doping concentrations, in the studied range.     

室温下超声波辐照制备介孔结构的TiO2及其光催化性能

在室温条件下,利用超声波辐照方法合成了一系列具有大比表面积的介孔结构TiO₂光催化剂。应用N₂-物理吸附、X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)等手段对合成的样品进行了表征。考察了超声波强度、发射时间对TiO₂的结晶度、比表面积、孔体积、孔径等物理结构的影响,并提出了超声波辐照下TiO₂的介孔结构的形成机理。以λ=365 nm的紫外光为光源,评价了该系列催化剂光催化降解染料甲基橙的性能。结果表明超声波功率的增加将增加TiO₂的结晶度和孔径,并使其晶粒发生细化,提高催化剂的分散性。声化学合成的样品具有较高的光催化活性,其主要原因是超声波辐照方法合成的TiO₂具有较高的结晶度和较大的比表面积和孔体积。      

TiO2禁带宽度和光吸收系数对其光催化性能的影响

为了研究TiO₂禁带宽度和光吸收系数对其光催化性能的影响,使用Materials Studio的Dmol3和CASTEP模块分别对Ag⁺、Fe³⁺、Pt⁴⁺、La³⁺ 4种金属离子掺杂TiO₂的能带结构和光学性质进行分析。分子模拟表明:金属离子掺杂使TiO₂的禁带宽度变窄、吸收波长红移,相同光照条件下光吸收系数增加,影响了TiO₂的光催化性能。光催化反应实验表明:在254 nm照射条件下,TiO₂的禁带宽度为1.09 eV时光催化性能最好,TiO₂的光吸收系数越大,光催化性能越好。     

Role of phosphorus in synthesis of phosphated mesoporous TiO2 photocatalytic materials by EISA method

The phosphated mesoporous TiO₂ (PMT) were synthesized by using evaporation-induced self-assembly approach (EISA) with phosphorus content from 1 to 15 mol%. The X-ray diffraction and N₂ adsorption–desorption isothermal results reveal that the incorporating of phosphorus is of benefit to improving the thermal stability and enhancing the surface area of mesoporous TiO₂ by constraining the growth of anatase crystallite. XPS confirms the phosphorus in the calcined PMT exists as amorphous titanium phosphate in a pentavalent-oxidation state (P⁵⁺) and embedded into the nanocrystalline anatase TiO₂. In photodegradation gas phase acetaldehyde, the photocatalytic activity of PMT samples is higher than that of pure mesoporous TiO₂ and P25. It is believed that the enhancing photocatalytic activity of phosphated mesoporous TiO₂ is mainly caused by two factors relative with the incorporating of phosphorus in framework.     

Sonochemical and visible light induced photochemical and sonophotochemical degradation of dyes catalyzed by recoverable vanadium-containing polyphosphomolybdate immobilized on TiO2 nanoparticles

Na₅PV₂Mo₁₀O₄₀ supported on nanoporous anatase TiO₂ particles, TiO₂–PVMo, was used as an efficient photocatalyst for photocatalytic degradation of different dyes by visible light using oxygen as oxidant. This catalyst showed a good catalytic activity in the sonocatalytic and sonophotocatalytic decomposition of different dyes in aqueous solutions. The TiO₂–PVMo composite showed higher photocatalytic and sonocatalytic activity than pure polyoxometalate or pure TiO₂.     

Pr高掺杂浓度对锐钛矿TiO_2的带隙和吸收光谱影响的研究

目前,Pr掺杂对锐钛矿TiO2带隙和吸收光谱研究结果存在相反的结论,红移和蓝移两种实验结果都有文献报道.为解决这个矛盾,本文基于密度泛函理论框架下的第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法,对纯的和不同浓度Pr高掺杂锐钛矿TiO2的电子结构和吸收光谱进行了计算.计算结果表明,与纯锐钛矿TiO2相比较,Pr掺杂后,掺杂量越增加,掺杂体系各原子电荷量越减小,掺杂体系总能量越高,形成能越大,稳定性越下降,带隙越窄,吸收光谱红移现象越显著,吸收强度越强.计算结果与实验结果相一致.     

Inverted organic solar cells with solvothermal synthesized vanadium-doped TiO_2 thin films as efficient electron transport layer

We investigated the effects of using different thicknesses of pure and vanadium-doped thin films of TiO_2 as the electron transport layer in the inverted configuration of organic photovoltaic cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) P3HT:[6-6] phenyl-(6) butyric acid methyl ester(PCBM). 1% vanadium-doped TiO_2nanoparticles were synthesized via the solvothermal method. Crystalline structure, morphology, and optical properties of pure and vanadium-doped TiO_2 thin films were studied by different techniques such as x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmittance electron microscopy, and UV–visible transmission spectrum. The doctor blade method which is compatible with roll-2-roll printing was used for deposition of pure and vanadium-doped TiO_2 thin films with thicknesses of 30 nm and 60 nm. The final results revealed that the best thickness of TiO_2 thin films for our fabricated cells was 30 nm. The cell with vanadium-doped TiO_2 thin film showed slightly higher power conversion efficiency and great J_(sc) of 10.7 mA/cm~2 compared with its pure counterpart. In the cells using 60 nm pure and vanadium-doped TiO_2 layers, the cell using the doped layer showed much higher efficiency. It is remarkable that the external quantum efficiency of vanadium-doped TiO_2 thin film was better in all wavelengths.     

过渡金属Cu、Cr掺杂TiO2表面氧化性气体NO2光学气敏传感特性

采用密度泛函理论（DFT）体系广义梯度近似（GGA）第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法,分析锐钛矿型TiO₂（101）表面吸附NO₂分子光学气敏传感的微观机理.结果表明：Cu和Cr原子易于掺入TiO₂（101）表面,掺杂表面能稳定地吸附NO₂分子且吸附后光学性质发生显著变化.表面吸附NO₂分子后,Cu掺杂TiO₂（101）表面对分子的吸附能最大,吸附后结构更稳定,分子与表面的距离最短.通过分析差分电荷密度和电荷布居数发现,NO₂分子与基底表面间发生电荷转移,转移电子数目：Cu掺杂表面 > Cr掺杂表面 > 无掺杂表面.对比吸收光谱和反射光谱发现,在Cu掺杂表面吸附分子后,光学性质变化最明显,说明表面与吸附分子间氧化还原能力是决定光学气敏传感性能的核心因素.在过渡金属中,Cu与Cr都有4s价电子结构,其4s电子降低了材料表面氧空位的氧化性,增加了其还原性.对于氧化性气体,可以提升表面与分子的氧化还原作用,而Cu的4s电子更加活泼,从而光学气敏传感特性更加明显.因此,Cu掺杂的TiO₂对氧化性气体是一种较好的光学气敏传感材料.     

PbMoO4微晶的水热合成及光催化性能

以钼酸铵、硝酸铅为原料,采用水热法合成了纳米PbMoO₄光催化剂,并采用光还原处理对其进行表面载Ag修饰。借助X-射线粉末衍射（XRD）、扫描电镜（FE-SEM）和紫外-可见吸收光谱（UV-Vis）等测试手段对样品进行表征,并以罗丹明B为模型污染物,考察了纳米PbMoO₄光催化剂的催化活性,研究了样品的制备条件和表面载银对催化剂活性的影响。XRD分析结果表明,所得样品为四方晶系结构,且产物纯度高;样品的形貌分析和光催化活性实验结果表明,水热体系的pH值对产物的形貌和活性影响显著,且表面载银可显著提高催化剂的可见光催化活性。     

Interdiffusion in vacuum-deposited dielectric thin films

The observation of interdiffusion imperfection in vacuum-deposited optical thin films is reported. We measured the diffusion lengths of interdiffusion in dielectric thin films of typical combinations of coating materials (TiO₂–SiO₂ and TiO₂–MgF₂) by analyzing the atomic concentration data along the depth obtained with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy technique. The resultant diffusion lengths in the deposited layers of dielectric coating materials are not small, hence the effects of interdiffusion should be taken into account in the design of optical filters.     

基于电子顺磁共振的锌卟啉敏化TiO2光催化性机理的研究

为了研究锌卟啉/TiO₂复合光催化剂的光催化效率及电子转移问题, 本文采用溶胶凝胶法制备了锌卟啉/TiO₂的混合光催化材料, 并利用紫外可见光谱、电子顺磁共振谱对锌卟啉/TiO₂复合光催化剂进行了表征与分析. 采用溶胶凝胶法制备了锌卟啉-TiO₂的混合光催化材料, 通过比较纯P25型TiO₂和掺入质量比分别为0.2%, 0.5%, 0.9%锌卟啉敏化剂的锌卟啉/TiO₂混合光催化材料的紫外可见光谱图可知, 加入适量锌卟啉敏化剂可提高TiO₂对甲基橙溶液的降解效率, 过多的掺入锌卟啉敏化剂会导致TiO₂表面被敏化剂覆盖, 从而影响了其对光子的吸收, 降低TiO₂的光催化效率, 降低TiO₂的光降解率, 甚至低于纯TiO₂的光降解率. 应用电子顺磁共振技术对锌卟啉敏化TiO₂光催化剂的光催化机理进行了合理的解释, 当使用紫外可见光源对粉末样品进行辐照时, 锌卟啉受光辐照产生的激发态电子促进具有强氧化性的Ti³⁺和超氧根自由基的生成, 从而有效的促进了光生空穴-电子对的分离, 提高了TiO₂的光催化性能.