Quasi-Spherical Brookite TiO 2 Nanostructures Synthesized Using Solvothermal Method in the Presence of Oxalic Acid

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摘要 BrookiteTiO2,thelatestTiO2photocatalyst,promisestobeaninterestingcandidateforphotocatalyticapplicationsbecauseofitsuniquephysicalandchemicalproperties.Inthisstudy,pure-phasebrookiteTiO2withaquasi-sphericalnanostructurewassuccessfullysynthesizedviaasolvothermalmethodusingtetrabutyltitanate(Ti(OC4H9)4,TBOT)astheTisourceinthepresenceofoxalicacid.NaOHwasusedtoregulatethepHofsolution.Thestructureandmorphologyofthesampleswerethenanalyzedusingmultiplemethods,suchasX-raydiffraction(XRD),Ramanspectroscopy,scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),Brunauer–Emmett–Teller(BET)measurementsandultraviolet–visiblediffusespectroscopy(UV–Vis).Photocatalyticactivitiesoftheas-synthesizedbrookiteTiO2wereevaluatedbydegradingaqueousmethylenebluesolutionunderUVlightirradiation.Theeffectofthermaltreatmenttemperatureonphotocatalyticactivityofthesampleswasalsoinvestigated.TheproducedbrookiteTiO2nanopowderscalcinedat500°Cfor2hshowedthehighestphotocatalyticactivity,andthecorrespondingdegradationrateofmethyleneblue(10mg/L)reached96.7%after90minofillumination.Inaddition,theformationmechanismofpure-phasebrookiteTiO2wasinvestigated.Itwasfoundthattheformationofpure-phasebrookiteTiO2inthisstudywasascribedtothecombinedactionofoxalicacidandsodiumhydroxide.
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出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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