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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 313, Issue 1, Pages 213-218Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.04.027
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titania hollow spheres; sol-gel method; photocatalytic activity; electron scavenger; methylene blue; peroxydisulphate
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The submicrometer-sized titania hollow spheres have been synthesized by employing sulfonated polystyrene latex particles as a template in sol-gel method. Photocatalytic activity of the hollow spheres was investigated by focusing on the effect of electron scavengers in the photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue (MB). Photocatalytic activities of titania hollow spheres were significantly enhanced by the addition of peroxydisulfate as an electron scavenger. The rate constant for photodecomposition of MB was increased more than two times by the addition of peroxydisulfate. The significant increase in the photodecomposition rate seems to be related to electrons scavenging as well as production of additional oxidizing species. It was found that the optimum concentration of peroxydisulfate was 10 mM. Further increase in the concentration of peroxydisulfate is not recommended due to the saturation of reaction rate by the excess amount of SO42- species. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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