TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic performance of self-assembled mesoporous TiO 2 nanoparticles
AU - Lin, Yuan Chung
AU - Liu, Shou Heng
AU - Syu, Han Ren
AU - Ho, Tsung Han
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support of this work from the National Science Council, Taiwan (Contract No.: NSC99-2221-E-151-044-MY2) is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - A facile synthesis route is reported for preparation of mesoporous TiO 2 nanoparticles (MT-x) through evaporation induced self-assembly by using Pluronic F127, titanium isopropoxide, and various amounts of ethanol as templating agents, titanium sources and solvents, respectively. A variety of different spectroscopic and analytical techniques, such as small- and large-angle powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), N 2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies were used to characterize the physicochemical properties of various MT-x catalysts. Among the catalysts, MT-20 was found to have better mesostructures formed by the arrangement of anatase TiO 2 nanoparticles of ca. 17.3 nm with broad interparticle pore size distribution. Hydrogen generation from water splitting on MT-20 using visible light was enhanced by at least 8.7 times if compared with the conventional TiO 2 photocatalyst. The superior photocatalytic performances observed for the synthesized MT-20 may be attributed to the presence of unique nanostructures in the TiO 2 photocatalysts.
AB - A facile synthesis route is reported for preparation of mesoporous TiO 2 nanoparticles (MT-x) through evaporation induced self-assembly by using Pluronic F127, titanium isopropoxide, and various amounts of ethanol as templating agents, titanium sources and solvents, respectively. A variety of different spectroscopic and analytical techniques, such as small- and large-angle powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), N 2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies were used to characterize the physicochemical properties of various MT-x catalysts. Among the catalysts, MT-20 was found to have better mesostructures formed by the arrangement of anatase TiO 2 nanoparticles of ca. 17.3 nm with broad interparticle pore size distribution. Hydrogen generation from water splitting on MT-20 using visible light was enhanced by at least 8.7 times if compared with the conventional TiO 2 photocatalyst. The superior photocatalytic performances observed for the synthesized MT-20 may be attributed to the presence of unique nanostructures in the TiO 2 photocatalysts.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.saa.2012.03.080
DO - 10.1016/j.saa.2012.03.080
M3 - Article
C2 - 22560598
AN - SCOPUS:84862236722
SN - 1386-1425
VL - 95
SP - 300
EP - 304
JO - Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
JF - Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
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