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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 41, 期 42, 页码 19025-19056出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.115
关键词
Titania; Anatase; Liquid formation; Intervalence charge transfer; Photocatalysis
资金
- Australian Research Council (ARC) [DP140103954]
- Tuition Fee Scholarship, from UNSW Australia
Anatase thin films were prepared by sol-gel, spin coated on glass, and annealed (450 degrees C/2 h). The effects of cobalt and vanadium doping (0.05-1.00 mol%) on the mineralogical (GAXRD, Raman), nanostructural (AFM), optical (UV-Vis), and chemical (XPS) properties were considered. A new perspective of the role of ionic size effects on substitutional (Co2+) and interstitial (V3+) solid solubility in the elongated TiO6 octahedron and the consequent roles of lattice deformation and charge compensation is presented. The role of intervalence charge transfer (transient, permanent) and the effects of electronegativity and electron affinity on the presence and absence of ions of different valence states also are considered, explaining the detection of nonequilibrium V4+ and the nondetection of Ti3+. The data are interpreted according to a model for nanostructural evolution during annealing, which allows interpretation of the film thickness and roughness, grain and crystallite sizes, and band gap as a function of dopant concentration. The detection of high levels of contamination from the glass substrates, which decreased during aqueous methylene blue (MB) testing (<= 24 h), indicates the likelihood of mass transport by grain boundary diffusion of these ions (Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Si4+). This leaching impacted on the loss of dopant ions precipitated on the grain surfaces following the achievement of saturation solubility, as suggested by the calculation of the relevant speciation and Pourbaix diagrams. The photocatalytic performance by MB testing revealed that Co (precipitated) had a deleterious effect at all levels while V (dissolved) showed slight improvements over undoped TiO2 at most levels. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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