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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 16, Pages 6234-6241Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nj06309e
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- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2016BB21, ZR2017BEM009]
- Science and technology plan project of Shandong colleges and Universities [J17KB063]
- Youth Science Funds of Shandong Academy of Sciences [2018QN0031]
- Shandong's 2018 support plan for innovative talents
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TiO2/SiO2-Based nanocomposites with highly porous structures have received increasing attention due to their excellent photocatalytic activity. In this work, a TiO2/SiO2/Ag ternary composite aerogel with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity has been successfully synthesized through a facile sol-gel method combined with a supercritical drying technique. The specific surface area and pore structure of TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel could be controlled by adjusting the Si content. The TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel with pore size of 9.2 nm achieved the maximum adsorption capacity of oxytetracycline. The presence of SiO2 in TiO2/SiO2/Ag improved the compression strength of the aerogel and thus achieved long-term stability in photocatalysis. Furthermore, the addition of Ag particles in TiO2/SiO2/Ag effectively decreased the recombination of photo-electrons and holes. The photocatalytic degradation rates of oxytetracycline over the TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel with a mole ratio of Ag:Si:Ti = 0.1:10:4 were 3.1 and 2.3 times those over P25 and a TiO2/SiO2 aerogel. The enhanced photocatalytic performance of the TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel is attributed to the large specific surface area, 3-D porous structure, high electrical conductivity and compression strength of this novel composite aerogel.
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