Aerosol-assisted fabrication of mesoporous titania spheres with crystallized anatase structures and investigation of their photocatalitic properties
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- 作者：Hamid Oveisi ; Norihiro Suzuki ; Ali Beitollahi and Yusuke Yamauchi
- 关键词：Mesoporous material ; Aerosol ; assisted synthesis ; Titania ; Anatase ; Self ; assembly of surfactants ; Photocatalyst
- 刊名：Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：November 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：56
- 期：2
- 页码：212-218
- 全文大小：521.3 KB
文摘
We demonstrate practical aerosol-assisted approach to synthesize spherical mesoporous titania particles with high surface areas. Scanning electron microscopy observation of the spray-dried products clearly shows spherical morphology. To remove surfactants and enhance crystallinity, the spray-dried products are calcined under various temperatures. The crystalline structures inside the particles are carefully detected by wide-angle XRD measurements. With increase of the calcination temperatures, anatase crystal growth proceeds and transformation from anatase to rutile is occurred. The effect of various calcination temperatures on the mesostructures is also studied by using N2 adsorption desorption isotherms. The mesoporous titania particles calcined at 350, 400, and 500 ¡ãC exhibit type IV isotherms with a capillary condensation step and shows a hysteresis loop, which is a characteristic of mesoporous materials. The reduction in the surface areas and the pore volumes is confirmed by increasing the calcination temperatures, while the average pore diameters are increased gradually. This is attributed to the distortion of the mesostructures due to the grain growth of the anatase phase and the transformation to the rutile phase during the calcination process. As a preliminary experimental photocatalytic activity, oxidative decomposition of acetaldehyde under UV irradiation is examined. The mesoporous titania calcined at 400 ¡ãC shows the highest photocatalytic activity, due to both high surface area and well-developed anatase crystalline phase.