Photocatalytic Properties of Titania Pillared Clays by Different Drying Methods

Photocatalysts based on titania pillared clays (TiO2PILCs) have been prepared through a sol-gel method. Different drying methods, air drying (AD), air drying after ethanol extraction (EAD), and supercritical drying (SCD) have been employed and found to have significant effects on the photocatalytic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 1999-01, Vol.209 (1), p.193-199
Hauptverfasser: Ding, Z., Zhu, H.Y., Lu, G.Q., Greenfield, P.F.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Photocatalysts based on titania pillared clays (TiO2PILCs) have been prepared through a sol-gel method. Different drying methods, air drying (AD), air drying after ethanol extraction (EAD), and supercritical drying (SCD) have been employed and found to have significant effects on the photocatalytic efficiency of the resultant catalysts for the oxidation of phenol in water. Titania pillared clay (TiO2PILC) obtained by SCD has the highest external and micropore surface area, largest amount and smallest crystallite size of anatase, and exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity. Furthermore, silica titania pillared clay (SiO2-TiO2PILC) after SCD, titania coated TiO2PILC (SCD) and SiO2-TiO2PILC (SCD) were synthesized to study the key factors controlling the photocatalytic activity. It is concluded that the dispersion of nanometer-sized anatase on the surface of the PILC particles and the suspensibility of the particles are the most important factors for high photocatalytic efficiency.
ISSN:0021-9797
1095-7103
DOI:10.1006/jcis.1998.5857