Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 674499
High-temperature hydrogenation of pure and silver- decorated titanate nanotubes to increase their solar absorbance for photocatalytic applications
High-temperature hydrogenation of pure and silver- decorated titanate nanotubes to increase their solar absorbance for photocatalytic applications // Journal of alloys and compounds, 591 (2014), 147-155 doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.12.179 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
High-temperature hydrogenation of pure and silver- decorated titanate nanotubes to increase their solar absorbance for photocatalytic applications
Autori
Plodinec, Milivoj ; Gajović, Andreja ; Jakša, Gregor ; Žagar, Kristina ; Čeh, Miran
Izvornik
Journal of alloys and compounds (0925-8388) 591
(2014);
147-155
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
nanostructured oxide materials; chemical synthesis; photo-catalysis; TEM; X-ray diffraction
Sažetak
Titanate nanotubes (TiNTs) and silver-decorated titanate nanotubes (TiNTs@Ag) were synthesized using the hydrothermal method. In the decorated nanotubes the silver particles were obtained by the photoreduction of AgNO3 under UV light. Pure and Ag-decorated nanotubes were high-temperature heat treated at 550°C in a hydrogen atmosphere and the “core-shell”-structured TiO2 nanoparticles were formed. For the structural characterization of all the titanate nanostructures we used conventional and analytical transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. The Ag-decorated titanate nanostructures were additionally studied by X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS), with the aim being to investigate the surface chemistry. Using UV-ViS-NIR spectroscopy we studied the photocatalytic activity on caffeine for the TiNT and TiNT@Ag samples that were high- temperature heat treated at 550°C in a hydrogen atmosphere. We found that hydrogenation at high temperature of the TiNTs and TiNTs@Ag is essential to increase the absorption of light in the visible and near-IR regions. In the case of the hydrogenated TiNTs@Ag the absorption is even stronger in the visible region than in the UV, which was not observed in TiO2-based nanostructures up until now, to the best of our knowledge. The hydrogenated TiNTs@Ag sample had a two-times higher photodegradation impact on the caffeine than the hydrogenated TiNT samples, which is a consequence of the increased absorption of visible light and the synergetic effects between the silver and the TiO2 nanoparticles that increase the efficiency of the formation of electron-hole pairs and the charge transfer to the surface of the nanoparticles.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Fizika
POVEZANOST RADA
Projekti:
O-367-2010
098-0982904-2898 - Fizika i primjena nanostruktura i volumne tvari (Ivanda, Mile, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
Ustanove:
Institut "Ruđer Bošković", Zagreb
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Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXP)
- SCI-EXP, SSCI i/ili A&HCI
- Scopus