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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 111, Issue 2, Pages 1010-1014Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp066156o
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A series of nitrogen-doped TiO(2) nanocatalysts have been synthesized successfully by a two-step hydrolysiscalcination method in which condensed HNO(3) (similar to 16 mol/L) was first used. In contrast to the traditional hydrolysis method, the time consumed in the hydrolysis process was shortened greatly. The content of nitrogen decreases as the calcination temperature increases, resulting in the variation of bandgaps of the as-synthesized N-doped TiO(2) from 1.55 to 2.95 eV. Decomposition of methylene blue under visible light irradiation (lambda >= 400 nm) has been carried out to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the as-synthesized N-doped nanocatalysts. Compared to P25, greatly improved photocatalytic activity for water contaminant decomposition under visible light irradiation was obtained due to the doping of nitrogen into the titania system. The crystallinity of the photocatalysts was found to be less influential than the nitrogen content in determining the photocatalytic activity.
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