Morphological and structural control of pulse electrodeposited ZnO thin films and its influence on the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of methyl orange

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 6107-6115
Author(s):  
Meriem Lakhdari ◽  
Farid Habelhames
2010 ◽  
Vol 26-28 ◽  
pp. 489-492
Author(s):  
Xuan Xiao ◽  
Jia Wei Bai ◽  
Wen Jie Zhang ◽  
Yuan Di Li

Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) degradation efficiencies of a suspended TiO2 and Ti electrodes composite system in different ammonium salt solutions were investigated. Electrolyte type and concentration as well as the applied potential on the Ti electrodes had significant effects on photoelectrocatalytic degradation and electro-degradation efficiencies. PEC degradation and electro-degradation of methyl orange increased with increasing applied potential and electrolyte concentration. PEC degradation is much more powerful than electro-degradation. PEC degradation efficiency in (NH4)3PO4•3H2O solution is the highest 93.4%, whereas the efficiency in NH4Cl solution shows the worst 73.1%, which is even less than that of photocatalytic process alone. PEC degradation efficiencies in (NH4)2SO4 and NH4HCO3 solutions are 88.8% and 85.9% respectively, indicating no noticeable improvement compared with photocatalytic process.


2007 ◽  
Vol 336-338 ◽  
pp. 2189-2192
Author(s):  
Lei Ge ◽  
Ming Xia Xu ◽  
Hai Bo Fang ◽  
Ming Sun

Nano anatase TiO2 thin films on glass slide substrates were prepared via a dip-coating method using refluxed sols (RS) as precursors, then dried under infrared light and calcined at 500°C for 30min. The RS sols and TiO2 films were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, TEM, UV-Vis and SEM. The photocatalytic activities of the film samples were tested by the degradation of methyl orange solution with a concentration of 10mg/L under UV light irradiation. The results reveal that the RS sols are flavescent, alkalescent and contain needle-like anatase crystals. The TiO2 films are uniform, compact and transparent, their maximal light transmittance exceed 80% under visible light region. The degradation of methyl orange results illustrate that the RS-6 TiO2 thin films show the best photocatalytic activities, the decoloration rate of the methyl orange solution with RS-6 TiO2 thin films reachs 99% after irradiated 160min under UV light.


2011 ◽  
Vol 343-344 ◽  
pp. 216-221
Author(s):  
Jian Yu Gong ◽  
Chang Zhu Yang ◽  
Wen Hong Pu ◽  
Jing Dong Zhang

Nitrogen doped titanium dioxide nanoparticals (N-TiO2) were prepared by the sol-hydrothermal method using urea as N sources. SEM showed the sphericity of as-prepared nanoparticals. XRD indicated that N-TiO2 was anatase crystal after thermal treatment. While Na-chlorophyllin copper (Na-chl-Cu) was used as to sensitize the N-TiO2, the photocurrent of Na-chl-Cu/N-TiO2 was 50 ìA double than that of N-TiO2 under visible light illumination. Thus, the visible light photoelectrocatalytic degradation properties of Na-chl-Cu/N-TiO2 were investigated using methyl orange (MO) as the objective pollution. When 1.8 V anodic bias potential and visible light were simultaneously applied, the highest degradation efficiency of MO over the Na-chl-Cu/N-TiO2 was obtained.


2011 ◽  
Vol 230-232 ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Wen Jie Zhang ◽  
Ke Xin Li

PEG1000 was used as template to prepare porous TiO2 film by sol-gel method. The functions of applied potential and concentration of NaHCO3 to the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of methyl orange on porous and smooth TiO2 films were investigated. Methyl orange degradation rate has two optimal values at the applied potential of 0.8 V and 1.8 V. The addition of PEG may have negative effect on photoelectrocatalytic activity of TiO2 film. The degradation rate increases with increasing NaHCO3 concentration from 0 up to 0.05 mol/l, and then it declines after further increase of electrolyte concentration. After 100 min of reaction, the degradation rates on the films prepared without and with PEG addition are 63.78% and 65.22%, respectively.


2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 728-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luminita Andronic ◽  
Simona Manolache ◽  
Anca Duta

The purpose of this study was to investigate the photocatalytic oxidation of a reactive azo dye. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 was studied using a reactor equipped with UV-A sources, with maximum emission at 365 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 powder (99.9% anatase) and thin films has been measured through the decomposition of methyl orange solutions. The thin film was prepared by doctor blade and spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD). The TiO2 suspensions were prepared at 1 g/L concentration, and the initial methyl orange concentration was fixed at 7.8125 mg/L. The influence of the TiO2 (powder or thin films) and/or O2 and H2O2 on the photobleaching rate, was tested under different experiments, at pH = 5. Thin films (doctor blade) of TiO2 formed of mezo-sized aggregates formed of nanosized anatase crystallites show better photobleaching efficiency than thin film(SPD) due to their large internal surface. The rate is even higher in H2O2 compared to oxygen environment.


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