Sh. Lee et al., Synthesis of TiO2 photocatalyst thin film by solvothermal method with a small amount of water and its photocatalytic performance, J PHOTOCH A, 146(1-2), 2001, pp. 121-128
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
Colloidal solutions containing nano-sized TiO2 particles were successfully
obtained by adding a small amount of water and employing solvothermal metho
d. A thin film obtained from this colloidal solution (Cat. 2) exhibited muc
h better properties than another film obtained via a sol-gel method (Cat. 1
). The former had smaller and more uniform TiO2 particles than the latter;
it also had the anatase structure even after drying at 200 degreesC; a much
thinner film of Cat. 2 could be obtained and this film could remain stably
attached on a silicon wafer or on a pyrex plate after a thermal treatment.
Cat. 2 coated on a gamma -alumina exhibited excellent performance for phot
ocatalytic decomposition of CHCl3 under UV-light with O-2 bubbling (90% con
version in 10 min), when comparing with a result obtained without the catal
yst (70% conversion after 1 h). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights r
eserved.