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Preparation and characterization of in-site regenerated TiO 2-ACFs photocatalyst

  • Rong Yang*
  • , Jian Hua Liu
  • , Song Mei Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Engineering Design and Research Institute of the Second Artillery
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

In-site regenerated titanium dioxide-activated carbon fibers (TiO 2-ACFs) photocatalyst was prepared by the sol-gel method. Detailed surface and structural characterization of the TiO2-ACFs photocatalyst was carried out. The photoactivity of TiO2-ACFs under ultraviolet irradiation was compared with original ACFs and pure TiO2 by the degradation of methylene blue aqueous solution. The degradation efficiency by the TiO2 (5wt%)-ACFs sample is much higher than that by TiO2 and ACFs. The results show that the photocatalysis by TiO 2-ACFs is a six-step process. The adsorption-transfer-photocatalysis rate of TiO2-ACFs is higher than the adsorption-photocatalysis rate of TiO2, so the photocatalysis rate of the TiO2-ACFs system is higher than that of TiO2 photocatalyst.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)357-363
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Activated carbon fibers
  • Microstructure
  • Photocatalysis
  • Photocatalysts
  • Titanium dioxide

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