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  • Title: Study on nanomagnets supported TiO2 photocatalysts prepared by a sol-gel process in reverse microemulsion combining with solvent-thermal technique.
    Author: Li H, Zhang Y, Wang S, Wu Q, Liu C.
    Journal: J Hazard Mater; 2009 Sep 30; 169(1-3):1045-53. PubMed ID: 19443114.
    Abstract:
    A sol-gel process in reverse microemulsion combined with solvent-thermal technique was developed for synthesizing a series of nanomagnets supported TiO(2) (TiO(2)/NMs) photocatalysts in this study. The structure of TiO(2)/NMs photocatalysts was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), TG-DSC, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectrometry, TEM, BET, and VSM. The influence of CoFe(2)O(4) dosage on the photocatalytic activity and magnetism of TiO(2)/NMs photocatalysts was investigated. The results showed that nanosized anatase TiO(2) were uniformly coated on spinel CoFe(2)O(4) in the prepared TiO(2)/NMs photocatalysts. They possessed typical ferromagnetic hysteresis and performed better photocatalytic activity in degradation of methylene blue than TiO(2) prepared by the same method. The existence of CoFe(2)O(4) nanomagnets played an important role on the crystalline grain size of TiO(2) and the specific surface area of the prepared TiO(2)/NMs photocatalysts, thus had an important influence on its photocatalytic performance and magnetism. The photocatalytic performance of TiO(2)/NMs photocatalysts is related to their specific surface area, crystalline grain sizes of TiO(2) and particle size, as well as the doping effect of Fe(3+). The highest photocatalytic activity in degradation of methylene blue for TiO(2)/NMs photocatalysts at the CoFe(2)O(4) content of 20wt.% was achieved, with k(p) 28.32% higher than that of pure TiO(2) photocatalyst. Moreover, the experiments on recycled use of TiO(2)/NMs photocatalyst demonstrated a good repeatability of the photocatalytic activity.
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