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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 333, Issue 1, Pages 269-276Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.02.017
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TiO2-xNx; Urea hydrolysis; Homogeneous precipitation; Visible light; Dye degradation; Photo-catalyst
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The article presents preparation, characterization and catalytic activity evaluation of an efficient nitrogen doped mesoporous titania sphere photo-catalyst for degradation of methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) under visible light illumination, Nitrogen doped titania was prepared by soft chemical route i.e. template free, slow and controlled homogeneous co-precipitation from titanium oxysulfate Sulfuric acid complex hydrate, urea, ethanol and water. The molar composition of TiOSO4 to urea was varied to prepare different atomic % nitrogen doped titania. Mesoporous anatase TiO2-xNx spheres with average crystallite size of 10 nm and formation of titanium oxynitride center were confirmed from HRTEM, XRD and XPS Study. UV-vis DRS showed a strong absorption in the range of 400-500 nm which supports its use in visible spectrum of light. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption study supports the Porous nature of the doped material. All the TiO2-xNx samples showed higher photo-catalytic activity than Degussa P-25 and undoped mesoporous titania. Sample containing around one atomic % nitrogen showed highest activity among the TiO2-xNx samples. (c) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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