Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 160, Issue -, Pages 204-210Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.05.029
Keywords
Photocatalysis; Atomic layer deposition (ALD); Carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanosheets; Titanium dioxide (TiO2)
Funding
- Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
- European Research Council [239865-COCOON, 335078-COLOURATOM]
- federal government [IAP-PAI P7/05]
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Supported carbon nanosheets and carbon nanotubes served as sacrificial templates for preparing spacious TiO2 photocatalytic thin films. Amorphous TiO2 was deposited conformally on the carbonaceous template material by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Upon calcination at 550 degrees C, the carbon template was oxidatively removed and the as-deposited continuous amorphous TiO2 layers transformed into interlinked anatase nanoparticles with an overall morphology commensurate to the original template structure. The effect of type of template, number of ALD cycles and gas residence time of pollutant on the photocatalytic activity, as well as the stability of the photocatalytic performance of these thin films was investigated. The TiO2 films exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity toward photocatalytic degradation of acetaldehyde in air as a model reaction for photocatalytic indoor air pollution abatement. Optimized films outperformed a reference film of commercial PC500. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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