Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 89, Issue 3-4, Pages 494-502Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2009.01.010
Keywords
CO2 reduction; TiO2; Photocatalysis; Size effect
Funding
- Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, research [MSM 6198910019]
- ASCR Program Nanotechnology for Society [KAN 400720701]
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Pure TiO2 anatase particles with a crystallite diameters ranging from 4.5 to 29 nm were prepared by precipitation and sol-gel method, characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET surface area measurement, UV-vis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and tested in CO2 photocatalytic reduction. Methane and methanol were the main reduction products. The optimum particle size corresponding to the highest yields of both products was 14 nm. The observed optimum particle size is a result of competing effects of specific surface area, charge-carrier dynamics and light absorption efficiency. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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