Flame synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles with high photocatalytic activity

被引:57
作者
Akurati, Kranthi K.
Vital, Andri
Fortunato, Giuseppino
Hany, Roland
Nueesch, Frank
Graule, Thomas
机构
[1] EMPA, Swiss Fed Labs Mat Testing & Res, Lab High Performance Ceram, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
[2] Empa, Swiss Fed Labs Mat Testing & Res, Lab Funct Fibers & Text, CH-9014 St Gallen, Switzerland
[3] Empa, Swiss Fed Labs Mat Testing & Res, Lab Funct Polymers, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
关键词
titanium dioxide; degree of crystallinity; photocatalysis; nanoparticles; aerosol flame reactor;
D O I
10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2006.12.004
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Growth behaviour of TiO2 particles, which has significant influence on their crystallinity and surface area, has been controlled by varying the process parameters of the flame aerosol synthesis. An existing method to determine the crystallinity of the powder has been modified which facilitates comparison of the degree of crystallinity of the nanoparticles synthesized by various methods. Resultant TiO2 nanoparticles were characterized by XRD and nitrogen physisorption to determine the degree of crystallinity quantitatively and surface area, respectively, and the decomposition rate of an industrial dye, methylene blue, has been taken as the measure of the photocatalytic activity (PCA). TiO2 nanoparticles showed improved photocatalytic activity compared to the commercial photocatalyst, Degussa P25. This is attributed to the increased degree of crystallinity and surface area of the TiO2 nanoparticles compared to Degussa P25. The results of this study elucidate the importance of the gas-phase processes and strategy to synthesize highly active TiO2 photocatalysts in a single step. Moreover, difference in the PCA of the nanoparticles synthesized by the similar gas-phase routes has been shown and the particles are tailor-made for improved PCA in the present study. (C) 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码:247 / 257
页数:11
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