期刊
DYES AND PIGMENTS
卷 184, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108802
关键词
Metal-free sensitizers; Sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles; DFT calculations; Photodegradation of dyes
资金
- MICINN [RTI2018-094322-B-I00]
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad/Agencia Estatal de Investigacion/FEDER (Spain) [CTQ2017-84561-P]
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha [GI20163441, GI20173955, 2019-GRIN-27152]
In this study, TiO2 was activated under visible light using TSB compounds as sensitizers, where the effect of different sensitizers on the photocatalytic properties of TiO2 was investigated. Results showed that TiO2 nanoparticles sensitized with 3(COOH) exhibited the highest removal efficiency for methylene blue in 30 minutes. Mechanisms of sensitization and photodegradation under UV and visible irradiation were proposed and studied.
The visible light activation of TiO2 have been carried out by sensitization method using robust and metal-free tris (styryl)benzene (TSB) compounds as efficient sensitizers, which can be easily prepared. TSB compounds decorated with three carboxylic acid (3(COOH)) or aldehyde (3(C)(HO)) groups have been tightly incorporated to the surface of TiO2 nanoparticles through different chemical linkage. The synthesized materials have been deeply characterized by different spectroscopic and analytical techniques to investigate the effect of TSB sensitizers in the photocatalytic properties of TiO2. Comparative and exhaustive optical studies have been performed in solution between TSB compunds and sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles, computational studies have been also carried to shed light on the sensitization process. The results reveal different mechanisms of sensitization (Type I and Type II) between the 3(C)(HO) and 3(COOH) compounds and TiO2 nanoparticles. Thus, the influence of electronic injection mechanism (direct or indirect) has been studied and mechanisms have been proposed for photodegradation of dye pollutants under UV and visible irradiation. TiO2 nanoparticles sensitized with 3(COOH) (TiO2-3(COOH)) exhibited the best visible photocatalytic activity with a removal efficiency around 98% for methylene blue in 30 min and methyl orange after 60 min.
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