Tunable Synthesis of Core-shell α-Fe2O3/TiO2 Composite Nanoparticles and Their Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity |
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| Authors: | SUN Dandan CAO Yanyan XU Yanyan ZHANG Guoying SUN Yaqiu |
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| Affiliation: | Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-organic Hybrid Functional Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | Uniform α-Fe2O3/amorphous TiO2 core-shell nanocomposites were prepared via a hydrolysis method and α-Fe2O3/anatase TiO2 core-shell nanocomposites were obtained via a post-calcination process. The structure and morphology of the products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Amorphous TiO2 nanoparticles with diameters of ten to several tens nanometer were formed on the surface of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles and the coverage density of the secondary TiO2 nanoparticles in the composite can be controlled by varying the concentration of Ti(BuO)4 in the ethanol solution. The visible-light photocatalytic properties of different products towards Rhodamine B(RhB) were investigated. The results show that the α-Fe2O3/amorphous TiO2 exhibits a good photocatalytic property owing to the extension of the light response range to visible light and the efficient separation of photogenerated electrons and holes between α-Fe2O3 and amorphous TiO2. |
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| Keywords: | α-Fe2O3/TiO2 Core-shell nanostructure Photocatalytic activity Rhodamine B |
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