In this paper,the combined addition of copper or iron and sulphate ions onto TiO_(2) prepared by a simple sol-gel method is studied for formic acid photocatalytic conversion.A wide structural and morphological charact...In this paper,the combined addition of copper or iron and sulphate ions onto TiO_(2) prepared by a simple sol-gel method is studied for formic acid photocatalytic conversion.A wide structural and morphological characterization of the different photocatalysts was performed by X-ray diffraction(XRD),N_(2)-physisorption for BET surface area measurements,scanning and transmission electronic microscopies(SEM and TEM),UV-Vis diffuse spectroscopy(DRS)and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),in order to correlate the physico-chemical properties of the materials to their photocatalytic efficiencies for formic acid oxidation.Results have shown important differences among the catalysts depending on the metal added.Sulphated TiO_(2)/Cu(1%Cu)was the best photocatalyst obtaining about 100% formic acid conversion in only 5 min.The appropriate physico-chemical features of this photocatalyst,given by the addition of combined copper and sulphate ions,explain its excellence in photocatalytic reaction.展开更多
文摘In this paper,the combined addition of copper or iron and sulphate ions onto TiO_(2) prepared by a simple sol-gel method is studied for formic acid photocatalytic conversion.A wide structural and morphological characterization of the different photocatalysts was performed by X-ray diffraction(XRD),N_(2)-physisorption for BET surface area measurements,scanning and transmission electronic microscopies(SEM and TEM),UV-Vis diffuse spectroscopy(DRS)and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),in order to correlate the physico-chemical properties of the materials to their photocatalytic efficiencies for formic acid oxidation.Results have shown important differences among the catalysts depending on the metal added.Sulphated TiO_(2)/Cu(1%Cu)was the best photocatalyst obtaining about 100% formic acid conversion in only 5 min.The appropriate physico-chemical features of this photocatalyst,given by the addition of combined copper and sulphate ions,explain its excellence in photocatalytic reaction.
