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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 400, Issue -, Pages 31-40Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.03.019
Keywords
TiO2; Sol-gel; Hydrothermal; Photocatalysis; Phenol
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the NANOBAC Project [IPT-2011-1113-310000]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CTQ2011-26617-C03-01]
- Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
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TiO2 particles were prepared by sol-gel method alone and by sol-gel method combined with hydrothermal treatment. The structural and photocatalytic properties of the two series of photocatalysts were compared. XRD studies revealed that rutilization was faster in the series of photocatalysts, which had been additionally subjected to a hydrothermal process (SG-HT). The hydrothermally treated photocatalysts also displayed a higher specific surface area than those which had only been synthesized using the sol-gel process (SG) and subjected to low calcination temperatures of up to 873 K, while this tendency was inverted at higher temperatures. In accordance with the above observation, the hydrothermally treated series of photocatalysts had a lower particle size than the SG series calcined immediately after the sol-gel process up to 873 K, with this relation being inverted for the highest two temperatures which were studied (973 K and 1023 K) and which saw the commencement of rutilization. Increases in average particle size were observed for both series, with a polyhedral morphology seen as calcination temperature rose. FTIR studies highlighted the presence of the band at 2351 cm(-1) in the SG-HT photocatalysts, characteristic of surface-adsorbed CO2. This was not seen in the SG or P25 photocatalysts. In terms of photoreactivity, the best photocatalyst in the SG-HT series was that calcined at 923 K and in the SG series at 1023 K (SG-1023). Comparing these two photocatalysts and the commercial P25 photocatalyst, SG-1023 was found to be the most photoactive in both the photodegradation and the mineralization of phenol. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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