Effect of Samarium on the Photocatalytic Property of Sm-TiO2/CNFs Composites

2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 541-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ying Zhu ◽  
Xiao Ping Yang ◽  
Dong Hua Teng ◽  
Yun Hua Yu

Composites of Sm doped TiO2 nanoparticles dispersed on carbon nanofibers (Sm-TiO2/CNFs) with different Sm contents were prepared by preoxidation, hydrolyzation and calcination of Sm-TiO2 precursor/PAN nanofibers. The characterizations of SEM, EDX, XPS and XRD showed that the CNFs surface was loaded by Sm-TiO2 nanoparticles with a uniform size of about 10nm, existing as anatase. It was concluded from XPS results that Ti element exist as Ti4+ and Sm doping increased the content of absorbed oxygen in composites. The effect of Sm doping on the photocatalytic activity of the Sm-TiO2/CNFs composite was investigated by the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange aqueous solution under UV irradiation. It was found that Sm doping could improve the photocatalytic property of Sm-TiO2/CNFs effectively compared with the undoped specimen, and the photocatalytic activity of the Sm-TiO2/CNFs samples enhanced firstly and then reduced with Sm content increasing.

Author(s):  
Amirah Ahmad ◽  
Mohd Hasmizam Razali ◽  
Mazidah Mamat ◽  
Karimah Kassim ◽  
Khairul Anuar Mat Amin

In this study, functionalized-MWCNTs with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) loaded titania nanoparticles (MWCNTs-APTES-TiO2) were prepared to investigate their physicochemical properties and photocatalytic activity for methyl orange (MO) degradation. The TiO2 nanoparticles, functionalized-MNCNT and composite powders were characterized by XRD, raman, and TEM. The results obtained proved that titania (TiO2) nanoparticles was successfully loaded on APTES-MWCNTs. The best photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange solution under UV light irradiation was recorded over MWCNTs-APTES-TiO2 (1:2), with 87% after 180 min. Kinetic analysis indicated that photocatalytic degradation of MO solution by MWCNTs-APTES-TiO2 obeyed second-order kinetic model (R2 > 0.95), supported by half-life equations and graph. The presence of carbon nanotubes accelerated the degradation of methyl orange due to inhibition of electron-hole recombination, the formation of additional hydroxyl radicals and functional groups of the latter had an inhibitory effect on the degradation of methyl orange. This study shows that the MWCNTs-APTES-TiO2 nanocomposites exhibit promising photocatalytic degradation against methyl orange.


2014 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmalya Tripathy ◽  
Rafiq Ahmad ◽  
Jeong Eun Song ◽  
Hyun Ah Ko ◽  
Yoon-Bong Hahn ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek T. Ali ◽  
Katabathini Narasimharao ◽  
Ivan P. Parkin ◽  
Claire J. Carmalt ◽  
Sanjayan Sathasivam ◽  
...  

ZnO treated at 200 °C offered high photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (99%) in a short time (90 min). The activity can be attributed to several factors including low crystallite size, high band gap energy and porosity.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (69) ◽  
pp. 64446-64449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaosong Zhou ◽  
Bei Jin ◽  
Jin Luo ◽  
Xuyao Xu ◽  
Lingling Zhang ◽  
...  

Dramatic visible light photocatalytic activity was obtained for the degradation of methyl orange using TiO2 photocatalysts modified with polydopamine (PDA) nanospheres.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghaida H. Munshi ◽  
Amal M. Ibrahim ◽  
Laila M. Al-Harbi

As the need to use green chemistry routes increases, environmentally friendly catalytic processes are a demand. One of the most important and abundant naturally occurring catalysts is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the first recognized catalyst; it is a reducing agent due to its electron-rich structure. The effects of spinach on the preparation of zinc oxide nanoparticles and the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange and paraquat in sunlight and under a UV lamp and photocatalytic degradation in sunlight were studied. Different parameters of the catalytic preparation process and photocatalytic degradation process were studied. Characterization of differently prepared samples was carried out using different analytical techniques such as XRD, SEM, and EDX and finally the photocatalytic activity towards decomposition of methyl orange and paraquat.


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