Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages 386-392Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.048
Keywords
TiO2 nanotubes; Doubly open-ended TiO2 nanotubes; Air purification; VOC degradation; Photocatalyst deactivation
Funding
- Global Research Laboratory (GRL) Program [NRF-2014K1A1A2041044]
- Global Frontier R&D Programs on Center for Advanced Soft Electronics [NRF-2012M3A6A5055225]
- KCAP (Sogang Univ.) [2009-0093880]
- Korea Government (MSIP) through the National Research Foundation (NRF)
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We synthesized freestanding doubly open-ended TiO2 nanotubes (DNT) film and compared their photocatalytic activity and durability during the repeated degradation cycles of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with those of TiO2 nanotubes (TNT) film. DNT exhibited higher activity and durability for the photocatalytic degradation of gaseous acetaldehyde and toluene than TNT. The doubly open-ended structure of DNT allows O-2 molecules to be easily supplied to the active sites, which increases not only the intrinsic photocatalytic activity but also the resistance to catalyst deactivation. The freestanding DNT film was additionally loaded with TiO2 nanoparticles (NP@DNT) in the inner wall to further increase the activity for VOC degradation. The photocatalytic activity of NP@DNT was higher than bare DNT and bare TNT by 1.3 and 1.8 times, respectively. Unlike the case of DNT, the TiO2 nanoparticles loaded TNT (NP@TNT) exhibited a lower activity than bare TNT, probably because the TiO2 nanoparticles blocked the TNT channels with hindering the mass transfer of O-2 and VOC molecules. DNT with doubly open-ended structure serves as a versatile platform of fabricating nanostructured photocatalysts with maintaining the open channel structure that facilitates the mass transfer of O-2 and VOC molecules. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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