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MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma12010040
Keywords
photocatalysis; TiO2; P25; transition metals; acetic acid; propene
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- MINECO [CTQ2015-66080-R]
- FEDER [CTQ2015-66080-R]
- GV/FEDER [PROMETEO/2018/076]
- University of Alicante [VIGROB-136]
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The commercial P25 titania has been modified with transition metallic species (Cr, Co, Ni, and Cu), added by impregnation with aqueous solutions of the corresponding nitrates. The preparation procedure also includes a heat treatment (500 degrees C) in argon to decompose the nitrates, remove impurities and to strengthen the metal-TiO2 interaction. The catalysts have been thoroughly characterized using N-2 adsorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-visible diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and have been tested in the aqueous phase decomposition of acetic acid and in the gas phase oxidation of propene, using an irradiation source of 365 nm in both cases. The photocatalytic activity of the four metal-containing catalysts varies with the nature of the metallic species and follows a similar trend in the two tested reactions. The effect of the nature of the added metallic species is mainly based on the electrochemical properties of the supported species, being Cu/P25 (the sample that contains copper) the best performing catalyst. In the photodecomposition of acetic acid, all the metal-containing samples are more active than bare P25, while in the gas phase oxidation of propene, bare P25 is more active. This has been explained considering that the rate-determining steps are different in gas and liquid media.
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