期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 563, 期 -, 页码 921-932出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.101
关键词
Nanomaterials; Titania nanoparticles; Pd-nanoparticles; Water remediation; Hydrogen production; Photocatalysis
资金
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain [CTQ2012-30762]
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos-Banco de Santander (Excellence Group QUINANOAP)
Novel nanomaterials based on doped TiO2 nanoparticles with different morphological, textural and band-gap properties have been synthesized using scalable methods.The influence of synthetic parameters such as titanium source (titanium(IV) isopropoxide and titanium(IV) butoxide), doping quantity (0%, 2% or 5% Zn), acidic solution for the hydrolysis reaction (ascorbic acid, nitric acid) and calcination temperatures (500 degrees C and 600 degrees C) was simultaneously investigated. The obtained nanomaterials were characterized by different methods and photocatalytic tests of methylene blue (MB) degradation under UV-light were conducted to determine their activity. The results revealed that the synthesized nanomaterials are porous aggregates with very high crystallinity and are mainly composed of the anatase phase; although their physical properties vary depending on the different synthetic parameters employed. These changes arc able to modify the apparent rate constant of the degradation of MB up to one order of magnitude, indicating, substantial changes in their photoactivity. Hybrid materials TiO2-Pd nanoparticles have also been prepared, characterized and tested for hydrogen production using photocatalytic methanol reforming where supported palladium nanoparticles acted as co-catalyst. Furthermore, the hybrid materials TiO2-Pd nanoparticles were studied in photocatalytic tests of methylene blue degradation under visible LED-light. The results obtained in the production of hydrogen from the photocatalytic reforming of methanol by hybrid materials suggest that the reported hybrid systems could be suitable photocatalysts for future sustainable hydrogen production upon tuning of the morphological textural and band gap energy properties to allow processes to be carried out under visible light. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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