Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 3938-3944Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b03126
Keywords
TiO2; Graphitic carbon; Visible-light-driven photocatalyst; Cr6+ reduction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51528202, 21103024, 51671136, 51502172]
- Shu Gttang project - Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [13SG46]
- Shanghai Education Development Foundation
- Technology Development Project of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, and Capacity-Building of Local University Project by Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [12160502400]
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TiO2 and graphitic carbon (GC) composites with hierarchical pore structures were synthesized using Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC6538) as the biotemplate to modify Degussa P25 TiO2 powder. Then, the composites were applied as photocatalysts for Cr6+ reduction under visible light irradiation. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption desorption analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated the presence of a GC coating layer and a unique anatase/rutile mixed crystal phase of TiO2 even after heating at 800 degrees C. The novel TiO2@GC composites, especially the S-P25-800 sample, which possessed abundant hierarchical mesoporous structures, exhibited strong catalytic activities in Cr6+ photoreduction under visible light. This work provides light to overcome the challenge on synthesis of GC modified TiO2 photocatalysts with the highly reactive but heat-labile anatase main crystal phase at high temperature. Furthermore, the present results demonstrated that TiO2@GC heterojunctions has a great potential to be used as efficient and economical photocatalysts for environmental contaminants remove.
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