Characterization of titanium-boron binary oxides and their photocatalytic activity for stoichiometric decomposition of water
Characterization of titanium-boron binary oxides and their photocatalytic activity for stoichiometric decomposition of water
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DOI:
10.1016/s0920-5861(98)00252-1
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发表时间:
1998-10
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影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
S. Moon;H. Mametsuka;E. Suzuki;Y. Nakahara
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作者:
S. Moon;H. Mametsuka;E. Suzuki;Y. Nakahara
A titanium-boron binary oxide has been prepared by sol–gel method and used as a photocatalyst for the decomposition of water. The structure of titanium oxide species in the Ti/B binary oxide was amorphous before and crystal after calcination in O2, while the boron oxide species maintained its amorphous state. With increasing calcination temperature, the crystalline structure of titanium oxides changed from an anatase phase to a rutile phase. Pt-loaded Ti/B photocatalysts decomposed water stoichiometrically in aqueous suspension system. Their photocatalytic activity decreased markedly with increase in the calcination temperature, indicating that the photocatalytic activity of the Ti/B binary oxide was strongly dependent on the crystal phase of the titanium oxide in the Ti/B binary oxide. A remarkable yield in the reaction of water decomposition was obtained when Na2CO3was added in the Pt-loaded Ti/B binary oxide suspension.