A novel approach of preparing TiO2 films at low temperature and its application in photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange

Here we introduce a novel approach of preparing TiO(2) films on conductive substrates at low temperature by electrophoretic deposition method without successive calcinate treatment. The photocatalytic activity of the non-calcinated TiO(2) film was evaluated by degradation rate of methyl orange (MO)....

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Published inJournal of hazardous materials Vol. 177; no. 1-3; pp. 750 - 754
Main Authors Zhang, Yanrong, Wan, Jing, Ke, Youqing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 15.05.2010
Subjects
Azo Compounds - chemistry
Calcines
Catalysis
Cold Temperature
Degradation
Electrophoretic deposition
Kinetics
Mathematical analysis
Oranges
Photocatalysis
Photolysis
Rate constants
Titanium - chemistry
Titanium dioxide
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Summary:Here we introduce a novel approach of preparing TiO(2) films on conductive substrates at low temperature by electrophoretic deposition method without successive calcinate treatment. The photocatalytic activity of the non-calcinated TiO(2) film was evaluated by degradation rate of methyl orange (MO). We found that the degradation rate of MO increased with the amount of TiO(2), and it was higher in both acidic and alkaline media than under neural condition. In addition, lower pH was more favorable for the degradation of MO. The photocatalytic degradation of MO could be described as pseudo-first order reactions. When the initial concentration of MO increased from 1mg/L to 10mg/L, the highest degradation rate was achieved at 5mg/L. The apparent reaction rate constant was calculated to be 0.0098 min(-1).
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ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.12.095