Photocatalytic Property of Rice Husk Char/TiO2 Composite Prepared by Low-Temperature Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 848 ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Cheng ◽  
Yue Ming Li ◽  
Biao Wang ◽  
Jian Ming Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Treatment ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Rice Husk ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Photocatalytic Property ◽  
Low Temperature Preparation ◽  
Temperature Preparation

In this paper, low-temperature preparation of rice husk char/TiO2 composite was developed by utilizing agriculture waste. nanosized TiO2 particles were successfully loaded to rice husk char by in-situ thermal treatment of impregnated rice husk. The structural characteristics and photocatalytic activities of obtained composites were investigated. The specific surface area of rice husk char was enlarged due to the catalytic effect of loaded TiO2 during thermal treatment. The porous rice husk char matrix combined with nanosized TiO2 particles offered large specific surface area and good photocatalytic property. This low-temperature preparation method provided a promising way to reuse the waste biomass and extended the applications of charcoal.

scholarly journals LOW-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS OF BARIUM TITANITE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 56-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandr V. Agafonov ◽  
Konstantin V. Ivanov ◽  
Olga V. Alekseeva
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Barium Titanate ◽  
Thermal Treatment ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Low Temperature Synthesis ◽  
Temperature Synthesis

Barium titanate powder with average particle size near 300 nm was produced using the low-temperature synthesis. It was established using scanning electron microscopy that at the thermal treatment, the particles gradually decrease with the formation of polydisperse aggregates. Based on the thermogravimetric analysis of the synthesized powder held in air for 4 months, it was shown that along with the low-temperature phase, the sample contains a high-temperature phase of carbonates, which removes at ~ 900 °C. Sorption characteristics of barium titanate thermally treated at various temperatures were obtained from the results of adsorption-desorption of nitrogen vapors. The specific surface area of the BaTiO3 powder was 76 m2/g. It was found that further heat treatment leads to a decrease in the specific surface area. The X-ray diffraction analysis of barium hydroxotitanil annealed at temperatures from 120 °C to 800 °C showed that the thermal treatment of the sample leads to the formation of a completely formed phase of barium titanate. The DSC temperature was used to determine the Curie temperatures for a HTB powder thermally treated in the temperature range from 120 to 800 °C. Dielectric spectra of suspensions of the synthesized powder were obtained during the heat treatment. <span style="opacity: 0;"> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . </span>

scholarly journals Nanocomposite Materials Based on Electrochemically Synthesized Graphene Polymers: Molecular Architecture Strategies for Sensor Applications

Chemosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
André Olean-Oliveira ◽  
Gilberto A. Oliveira Brito ◽  
Celso Xavier Cardoso ◽  
Marcos F. S. Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Electrochemical Sensors ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Large Specific Surface Area ◽  
Molecular Architecture ◽  
Sensor Applications

The use of graphene and its derivatives in the development of electrochemical sensors has been growing in recent decades. Part of this success is due to the excellent characteristics of such materials, such as good electrical and mechanical properties and a large specific surface area. The formation of composites and nanocomposites with these two materials leads to better sensing performance compared to pure graphene and conductive polymers. The increased large specific surface area of the nanocomposites and the synergistic effect between graphene and conducting polymers is responsible for this interesting result. The most widely used methodologies for the synthesis of these materials are still based on chemical routes. However, electrochemical routes have emerged and are gaining space, affording advantages such as low cost and the promising possibility of modulation of the structural characteristics of composites. As a result, application in sensor devices can lead to increased sensitivity and decreased analysis cost. Thus, this review presents the main aspects for the construction of nanomaterials based on graphene oxide and conducting polymers, as well as the recent efforts made to apply this methodology in the development of sensors and biosensors.

scholarly journals Low-Temperature Synthesis of Monolithic Titanium Carbide/Carbon Composite Aerogel

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2527
Author(s):  
Tingting Niu ◽  
Bin Zhou ◽  
Zehui Zhang ◽  
Xiujie Ji ◽  
Jianming Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Titanium Carbide ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Carbon Composite ◽  
Composite Aerogel ◽  
X Ray

Resorcinol-formaldehyde/titanium dioxide composite (RF/TiO2) gel was prepared simultaneously by acid catalysis and then dried to aerogel with supercritical fluid CO2. The carbon/titanium dioxide aerogel was obtained by carbonization and then converted to nanoporous titanium carbide/carbon composite aerogel via 800 °C magnesiothermic catalysis. Meanwhile, the evolution of the samples in different stages was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), an energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectrometer, a scanning electron microscope (SEM), a transmission electron microscope (TEM) and specific surface area analysis (BET). The results showed that the final product was nanoporous TiC/C composite aerogel with a low apparent density of 339.5 mg/cm3 and a high specific surface area of 459.5 m2/g. Comparing to C aerogel, it could also be considered as one type of highly potential material with efficient photothermal conversion. The idea of converting oxide–carbon composite into titanium carbide via the confining template and low-temperature magnesiothermic catalysis may provide new sight to the synthesis of novel nanoscale carbide materials.

scholarly journals Photocatalytic Performance of Carbon Monolith/TiO2Composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Maletić ◽  
Marija Vukčević ◽  
Ana Kalijadis ◽  
Zoran Laušević ◽  
Mila Laušević
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Thermal Treatment ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Dip Coating ◽  
Surface Oxygen ◽  
Surface Oxygen Groups ◽  
Carbon Monolith ◽  
Oxygen Groups

The new and simple approach for deposition of catalytically active TiO2coating on carbon monolith (CM) carrier was presented. CM photocatalysts were impregnated with TiO2using titanium solution and thermal treatment, and their photocatalytic activity was investigated in the process of methylene blue (MB) photodegradation. For the purpose of comparison, CM composite photocatalysts were prepared by dip-coating method, which implies binder usage. The presence of TiO2on CM carrier was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The sorption characteristics of CM and the role of adsorption in the overall process of MB removal were evaluated through amount of surface oxygen groups obtained by temperature-programmed desorption and specific surface area determined by BET method. CM has shown good adsorption properties toward MB due to high amount of surface oxygen groups and relatively high specific surface area. It was concluded that photocatalytic activity increases with CM disc thickness due to increase of MB adsorption and amount of deposited TiO2. Good photocatalytic activity achieved for samples obtained by thermal treatment is the result of better accessibility of MB solution to the TiO2particles induced by binder absence.

Synthesis and Photocatalytic Property of BiVO4/FeVO4 Composite Novel Photocatalyst

2010 ◽  
Vol 129-131 ◽  
pp. 784-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Wang ◽  
Qiong Liu ◽  
Dong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Photocatalytic Property ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Triclinic Phase ◽  
Xrd Patterns

BiVO4/FeVO4 composite photocatalyst samples were prepared by calcining the mixture of FeVO4 and BiVO4 precusor which were prepared through liquid phase precipitation method for further increasing the photocatalytic efficiency of FeVO4. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microsoope（SEM）and specific surface area (BET). The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) solution under visible light. The XRD patterns indicate that BiVO4/FeVO4 composite photocatalysts consist of triclinic phase and the lattice was not distorted beacause of doping Bi. But the morphology change greatly and the specific surface area has little change. In the experimental conditions used, the optimal photocatalytic activity for all the prepared samples was reached when BiVO4 doping was 22 at%. The degradation rate of MO was increased by 20％ or so than that of pure FeVO4.

CVD Synthesis of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes onto Different Catalysts at Low Temperature

NANO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiqiang Diao ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
Hao Liang ◽  
Iryna Ivanenko ◽  
Tetiana Dontsova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were synthesized onto a series of individual and bimetallic catalysts by the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of acetylene at low temperature (600[Formula: see text]C). The catalysts were prepared by two methods, i.e., precipitation and sol–gel, with two different carriers – MgO and Al2O3. The catalysts were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric (TG) analysis, low-temperature adsorption of nitrogen. The yield of the MWCNTs was calculated in two ways, while the highest yield of 800% was achieved onto the two-component NiO/Co2O3/MgO catalyst, SEM and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results confirm that uniform tube-like structure MWCNTs with the yield of 410% were obtained onto Co2O3/Al2O3 catalyst. These MWCNTs are smooth and pointing in the same direction. Their tube diameter is about 20[Formula: see text]nm, which is the smallest around all observed MWCNTs. Moreover, nonuniform curved bamboo-like MWCNTs with nozzles in the yield of 760% were obtained onto NiO/V2O3/MgO catalyst. Their diameter ranges from 25[Formula: see text]nm to 50[Formula: see text]nm. Results show that single-component catalyst promotes the growth of uniform and smaller nanotubes. Among the as-grown nanotubes, their specific surface area increases and average pores diameter reduces after the treatment with concentrated nitric acid at reflux and washing condition. The largest specific surface area (305[Formula: see text]m2/g) and average pores diameter (26[Formula: see text]m2/g) are processed to MWCNTs grown onto the NiO/Co2O3/MgO catalyst. MWCNTs with such large structural adsorption characteristics and purity of more than 99% obtained with yield 800% show potential use for preparation of nanocomposites as anode materials in lithium ion batteries.

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