Spherical activated carbon as an enhanced support for TiO2/AC photocatalysts
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Título: | Spherical activated carbon as an enhanced support for TiO2/AC photocatalysts |
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Autor/es: | Ouzzine, Mohammed | Romero Anaya, Aroldo José | Lillo-Rodenas, Maria Angeles | Linares-Solano, Angel |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Materiales Carbonosos y Medio Ambiente |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Inorgánica | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Materiales |
Palabras clave: | Spherical activated carbon | TiO2/AC | Photocatalysts |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Química Inorgánica |
Fecha de publicación: | feb-2014 |
Editor: | Elsevier |
Cita bibliográfica: | Carbon. 2014, 67: 104-118. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2013.09.069 |
Resumen: | Titanium dioxide nanoparticles prepared in situ by sol–gel method were supported on a spherical activated carbon to prepare TiO2/AC hybrid photocatalysts for the oxidation of gaseous organic compounds. Additionally, a granular activated carbon was studied for comparison purposes. In both types of TiO2/AC composites the effect of different variables (i.e., the thermal treatment conditions used during the preparation of these materials) and the UV-light wavelength used during photocatalytic oxidation were analyzed. The prepared materials were deeply characterized (by gas adsorption, TGA, XRD, SEM and photocatalytic propene oxidation). The obtained results show that the carbon support has an important effect on the properties of the deposited TiO2 and, therefore, on the photocatalytic activity of the resulting TiO2/AC composites. Thus, the hybrid materials prepared over the spherical activated carbon show better results than those prepared over the granular one; a good TiO2 coverage with a high crystallinity of the deposited titanium dioxide, which just needs an air oxidation treatment at low-moderate temperature (350–375 °C) to present high photoactivity, without the need of additional inert atmosphere treatments. Additionally, these materials are more active at 365 nm than at 257.7 nm UV radiation, opening the possibility of using solar light for this application. |
Patrocinador/es: | M. Ouzzine thanks MAEC–AECID for a predoctoral fellowship. The authors thank Generalitat Valenciana (GVPRE/2008/004, Prometeo/2009/047), FEDER and Office of the Vice President for Research, Development and Innovation of University of Alicante (UAUSTI10-08) for financial support. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/40189 |
ISSN: | 0008-6223 (Print) | 1873-3891 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.09.069 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.09.069 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - MCMA - Artículos de Revistas |
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