Preparation of Nanocrystalline W-Doped TiO2 Powders and their Photocatalytic Properties under Visible Light Irradiation

Yun Ting Song; Wei Na Shao; Wen Bin Cao

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.695.489

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Preparation of Nanocrystalline W-Doped TiO₂ Powders and their Photocatalytic Properties under Visible Light Irradiation

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Nanocrystalline W-doped TiO₂ powders with different initial W/Ti ratio in starting materials have been prepared by hydrothermal method. The phase composition, morphologies, specific surface areas and the photocatalytic activities under visible light irradiation of the synthesized powders have been characterized. XRD identification reveals that the synthesized powders were composed of anatase. No rutile has been detected in the products. The specific surface area of the powders was ranged from 185 to 210 m²/g by BET measurement. The averaged grain size of the powders was calculated as about 12 nm by Scheller's method. Uniform size distribution and good crystallinity have been confirmed by TEM. UV-Vis spectra show that the absorption edges of the synthesized W-doped TiO₂ powders with different nominal doping concentration of Wions have been red-shifted into visible light region, which suggests that the W ions have been doped into the lattice of TiO₂. In our case, W-doped TiO₂ with initial W/Ti atomic ratio of 1% in starting materials has the best photocatalytic activities when decompose the Methylblue in its aqueous solution, which is consistent with that of the theoretical results from our previous work.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 695)

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489-492

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July 2011

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Yun Ting Song, Wei Na Shao, Wen Bin Cao

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Hydrothermal Method, Photocatalytic, TiO₂, W-Doped

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