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01-11-2012 | Research Paper

Improvement of the structural, morphology, and optical properties of TiO₂ for solar treatment of industrial wastewater

Authors: M. Saif, S. M. K. Aboul-Fotouh, S. A. El-Molla, M. M. Ibrahim, L. F. M. Ismail

Published in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research | Issue 11/2012

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Hydrothermal preparation of pure anatase TiO₂ with hybrid nano and micro-morphologies directly from titania sol under acidic condition in the absence of any additives or templates has rarely been reported. The present work has found that the post-hydrothermal treatment at 200 °C for different times (6, 12, 24, and 36 h) of titania sol under an acidic environment affected strongly on the structural, morphology, and optical properties of TiO₂. A single-crystalline anatase phase with high surface area was obtained. The TEM results showed that shape of TiO₂ nanoparticles could be manipulated by post-hydrothermal treatment. The increasing of hydrothermal time (pH 2.5) significantly altered the morphology of TiO₂ from pure aggregated nanospherical shape (6 h) into branched micro-flowers as a major shape in addition to nanorod, nanocube, and nanosphere shapes (24 h). Shape-controlled TiO₂ nanoparticles showed a red shift in UV–Vis light reflectance spectra as compared to TiO₂ nanoparticles obtained without any hydrothermal treatment. The photoluminescence measurements confirm that hydrothermal treatment significantly decrease the electron–hole recombination chance in the obtained TiO₂. The fluorescent probe method was used for evaluation of the photo-oxidative activity of different TiO₂ nanomaterials. The highly active TiO₂ nanoparticle (hydrothermally treated for 24 h) was applied for industrial wastewater treatment using solar radiation as a renewable energy source.

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Title: Improvement of the structural, morphology, and optical properties of TiO2 for solar treatment of industrial wastewater
Authors: M. Saif
S. M. K. Aboul-Fotouh
S. A. El-Molla
M. M. Ibrahim
L. F. M. Ismail
Publication date: 01-11-2012
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research / Issue 11/2012
Print ISSN: 1388-0764
Electronic ISSN: 1572-896X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-1227-4

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