Journal
MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 95, Issue -, Pages 546-555Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.08.016
Keywords
titanium dioxide; mesoporous TiO2; surfactant; sol-microwave method; photocatalysis
Categories
Funding
- Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program [PHD/0110/2556]
- Thailand Research Fund (TRF)
- TRF [TRG5780129, RTA5980006]
- National Research Council of Thailand [169927]
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) [Collaboration Hubs for International Research Program (CHIRP)]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Fabrication technique is an important factor for development of catalysts. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of efficient photocatalysts. In this work, we firstly report the fabrication of TiO2 nanoparticles by sol-microwave method with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant. Absence of surfactant, microwave treatment significantly reduced the cluster sizes of TiO2, but high aggregations of TiO2 particles were observed. CTAB has great impact on morphology, cluster size and mesoporous structure of TiO2. Therefore, surface area of TiO2 synthesized by sol-microwave method with 0.108 M CTAB increased from 15.97 to 37.60 m(2)/g. Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 was tested via the glucose conversion to produce value-added chemicals (gluconic acid, xylitol, arabinose and formic acid). It was found that surface area, mesoporous structure and pore size of TiO2 are crucial properties for glucose conversion and product distribution. From the reaction test, 0.108 M CTAB/MW-TiO2 achieved the highest glucose conversion (62.28%). (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available