Facile Low-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon NanotubeTiO2 Nanohybrids with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity
Joint Authors
Hu, Yong
Guo, Hangming
Xie, Yunlong
Zhong, Yijun
Qian, Huanhuan
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We demonstrate a facile and novel chemical precipitation strategy for the accurate coating of TiO2 nanoparticles on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to form CNT/TiO2 nanohybrids, which only requires titanium sulfate and CNTs as starting materials and reacts in the alkaline solution at 60°C for 6 h.
Using this process, the as-prepared hybrid structures preserved the good dispersity and uniformity of initial CNTs.
Furthermore, the CNT/TiO2 nanohybrids show a broad blue luminescence at 469 nm and exhibit significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation, which is about 1.5 times greater than that of commercial Degussa P25 TiO2 nanoparticles.
It is believed that this facile chemical precipitation strategy is scalable and its application can be extended to synthesize other CNT/oxide nanohybrids for various applications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xie, Yunlong& Qian, Huanhuan& Zhong, Yijun& Guo, Hangming& Hu, Yong. 2012. Facile Low-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon NanotubeTiO2 Nanohybrids with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity. International Journal of Photoenergy،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xie, Yunlong…[et al.]. Facile Low-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon NanotubeTiO2 Nanohybrids with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity. International Journal of Photoenergy No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Xie, Yunlong& Qian, Huanhuan& Zhong, Yijun& Guo, Hangming& Hu, Yong. Facile Low-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon NanotubeTiO2 Nanohybrids with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-490137