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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 3/2018

09-11-2017

Effect of sintering temperature on the photocatalytic activity of Carbon–Bi2O3–TiO2 composite

Authors: Hao Zou, Mianxin Song, Facheng Yi, Xiaoqiang Wang, Liang Bian, Weimin Li, Jili Zhang, Ning Pan, Pan Zeng

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 3/2018

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Abstract

The Carbon–Bi2O3–TiO2 composite was prepared by sol–gel method and characterized by TG-DSC, EA, XPS, TEM, HRTEM, XRD, UV–Vis DRS and PL techniques. Besides, their photoactivities were evaluated by decomposing methyl orange in visible light. The degradation experiments showed that the sample sintered at 300 °C (C–Bi–Ti-300) displays the highest photocatalytic activity, and nearly 90.0% of methyl orange was decomposed after 120 min irradiation. The characterization results suggested that the C–Bi–Ti-300 composite has anatase crystal structure and exhibits a remarkable optical absorption in visible light region. Furthermore, TiO2, Bi2O3 and carbon are present mainly as separate phases in the C–Bi–Ti-300 composite, respectively. In addition, the mechanism for photocatalytic reaction was investigated, demonstrating that the enhanced photoactivity of the C–Bi–Ti-300 composite is ascribed to its low band gap energy and charge carrier recombination rate.
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Metadata
Title
Effect of sintering temperature on the photocatalytic activity of Carbon–Bi2O3–TiO2 composite
Authors
Hao Zou
Mianxin Song
Facheng Yi
Xiaoqiang Wang
Liang Bian
Weimin Li
Jili Zhang
Ning Pan
Pan Zeng
Publication date
09-11-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-8133-6

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