碳和钇共掺杂对混相TiO2光催化性能的影响

TiO2因其毒性低、稳定性高、制备成本低廉而获得广泛应用,特别是作为光催化剂在降解环境污染物方面受到了广泛关注;然而,纯TiO2较大的光生载流子复合率和较宽的带隙限制了其应用.元素掺杂作为一种拓宽光催化剂光吸收能力的方法广泛应用于各种光催化剂的修饰改性,而两种具有光催化性能的TiO2相共存则能有效抑制光生载流子的复合,因此采取合适的方法有效利用这两种TiO2改性的方法制备得到更具实际应用潜质的光催化剂具有一定的可行性.本文通过简单的溶胶-凝胶过程向锐钛矿相与金红石相组成的混相TiO2中共掺杂碳和钇得到了一种活性较高的可见光响应光催化剂.采用粉末X射线衍射、拉曼光谱、X射线光电子能谱和透射电镜等表征手段研究了碳和钇掺杂对TiO2结构的影响,发现碳掺杂有利于金红石相的形成且材料具有更大的晶粒尺寸,钇掺杂则有利于锐钛矿相的形成且能细化材料的晶粒尺寸,提高材料的比表面积,导致材料更好的光催化活性.材料在30 W荧光灯光照条件下的光催化降解亚甲基蓝(MB)性能的研究显示,C-Y-TiO2样品具有比单掺杂和未掺杂样品更高的光催化活性,其顺序为C-Y-TiO2>Y-TiO2>C-TiO2>TiO2≈P25.此外,降解反应动力学研究表明C-Y-TiO2样品光降解MB的速率是未掺杂样品在相同条件下降解速率的3.5倍.不同钇掺杂含量样品的结构和光催化降解MB的研究结果表明,钇掺杂显著促进了锐钛矿相TiO2的形成.这说明钇可能仅掺杂进入锐钛矿相,因此合适的钇掺杂量才能有效形成最优化的光催化性能的混相TiO2.不同热处理温度下获得的样品的光降解MB特性也表明,一定的热处理温度有利于合适的锐钛矿相和金红石相的组成,从而有利于相间的协同效应.紫外-可见光谱和荧光光谱表征分析表明,碳和钇的掺杂都拓展了其吸收光谱到可见光区域,且抑制了光生电子和空穴对的复合,进而提高了材料的光催化活性.碳和钇共掺杂的混相TiO2具有较高可见光光催化活性的主要原因有两个方面:一是元素掺杂减小了TiO2的带隙使得材料具有可见光响应;二是金属和非金属元素在锐钛矿相与金红石相TiO2中不同的掺杂特性形成的协同效应,抑制了光生电子和空穴的复合.

Influence of carbon and yttrium co-doping on the photocatalytic activity of mixed phase TiO2

Mixed phase TiO2 photocatalysts doped with C and Y were synthesized by a sol-gel process. The effects of C and Y doping and annealing temperatures on the structural and optical properties, and photocatalytic activity were investigated. We found that both C and Y doping can broaden the ab-sorption spectrum of TiO2 to the visible light region and inhibit recombination of photogenerated electron/hole pairs. The incorporation of Y into the TiO2 lattice inhibited growth of crystalline grains, which increased the specific surface area and enhanced the photocatalytic activity. The pho-tocatalytic performance of the samples was investigated in the photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue under visible light irradiation. The rate of methyl blue degradation over the (C, Y)-co-doped TiO2 sample was much higher than those of undoped TiO2, C-TiO2, and Y-TiO2. Additionally, the apparent first-order rate constant of the co-doped sample was 3.5 times as large as that of undoped mix phase TiO2 under the same experimental conditions. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be attributed to the synergic effect of (C, Y)-co-doping and the formation of an appropriate crystal-line structure.