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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 790-798Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt52433g
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21031001, 91122018, 21106035, 21101060, 21376065, 21310402017]
- Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project, Ministry of Education of China [708029]
- Special Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20112301110002, 20112301120002]
- Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province [QC2012C001, QC2012C046]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Heilongjiang Province [1253-NECT-020]
- China Postdoctoral Fund [2012M520780]
- Harbin Science Foundation for Youth [2011RFQXS109, RC2013QN001009]
- Heilongjiang Provincial Education Department Foundation [12511382]
- Heilongjiang University Youth Foundation [QL201018]
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A macro/mesoporous anatase TiO2 ceramic floating photocatalyst has been successfully synthesized using highly thermally stable mesoporous TiO2 powder as a precursor, followed by a camphene-based freeze-casting process and high-temperature calcinations. The ceramics are characterized in detail by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectra, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms. The results indicate that the TiO2 ceramics present hierarchical macro/mesoporous structures, which maintain high porosity and high compressive strength at the optimal sintering temperature of 800 degrees C. The ordered mesoporous TiO2 network still possesses high thermal stability and inhibits the anatase-to-rutile phase transformation during calcinations. The obtained ceramics exhibit good adsorptive and photocatalytic activity for the degradation of octane and rhodamine B, and the total organic carbon removal ratio is up to 98.8% and 98.6% after photodegradation for 3 h, respectively. The roles of active species in the photocatalytic process are compared using different types of active species scavengers, and the degradation mechanism is also proposed. Furthermore, the ceramics are recyclable, and no clear changes are observed after ten cycles. In addition, the ceramics are also active in the photodegradation of phenol, thiobencarb, and atrazine. Therefore, these novel floating photocatalysts will have wide applications, including the removal of floating organic pollutants from the wastewater surfaces or the removal of soluble organic pollutants from wastewater.
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