Naslov
Structural Properties of Iron/Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol-gel Method in the Presence of Poly(ethylene glycol)

Autori
Marić, Ivan ; Gotić, Marijan ; Jurkin, Tanja ; Mikac, Lara ; Tronc, Élisabeth ; Ivanda, Mile

Izvornik
Croatica Chemica Acta (0011-1643) 91 (2018), 4; 577-588

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
TiO2 ; iron-doped ; iron/titanium oxide ; sol-gel ; PEG

Sažetak
Iron/Titanium oxide nanoparticles with initial molar ratio Fe/(Fe+Ti) = 0.05 (low loading of Fe in TiO2) and Fe/(Fe+Ti) = 0.15 (high loading of Fe in TiO2) were synthesized by a modified sol-gel procedure using Ti(IV)-isopropoxide, FeSO4 ∙ 7H2O and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as starting material. The amount of doped iron strongly affected structural properties as well as the degree of dispersion of iron in the Fe- Ti-O system. The highly-doped sample contained poorly crystallized hydrated iron(III)- sulphates or basic iron(III)-sulphates in a considerable amount. The lowly-doped Fe-TiO2 sample contained about 22 wt % of brookite that had taken up iron virtually in the same proportion as anatase. Contrary to quasi- homogeneous distributions of iron in the lowly- doped Fe-TiO2 sample, the uptake of iron in the highly-doped Fe-TiO2 sample heated at 500 °C is significant, but anatase is free from iron, thus suggesting a heterogeneous distribution of iron. The photocatalytic activity of the highly-doped Fe-TiO2 sample was better than that of the lowly-doped Fe-TiO2 sample, but still below the photoactivity of Degussa P25 reference photocatalyst.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Kemija

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