Iridium, carbon and nitrogen multiple-doped TiO₂ Nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic activity

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• 作者：X.G. Zhao ; ^{zhaoxueguo601@sina.com.cn} ; L.Q. Huang
• 关键词：TiO2 photocatalyst ; Ir-C-N tridoping ; Water splitting ; Photocatalytic H2 evolution performance
• 刊名：Ceramics International
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：43
• 期：5
• 页码：3975-3980
• 全文大小：810 K
• 卷排序：43

文摘

The aim of this research is to enhance the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles for the UV–visible light by multiple-doping with Iridium, carbon and nitrogen. The tridoped TiO2 photocatalyst were prepared by wet chemical method, and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible light diffuse reflection spectroscopy and room temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy. Besides, the photocatalytic H2 evolution performance of Ir-C-N tridoped TiO2 under UV–visible light irradiation was evaluated. It was found that Ir existed as Ir4+ by substituting Ti in the lattice of TiO2; meanwhile, C and N were also incorporated into the surface of TiO2 nanoparticles in interstitial mode. Meanwhile, Ir-C-N tridoping extended the absorption of TiO2 into the visible light region and narrowed its band gap to ~3.0 eV, resulting in enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution under UV–visible light irradiation. This could be attributed to narrow band gap and proper electronic structure of TiO2 after Ir-C-N tridoping.