In the present work, different concentrations of Cu ion (1, 2, 5 and 10 wt %) were doped in the TiO2 film by a sol-gel method and dip coating process. The morphology of the Cu-doped TiO2 films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the results showed that the doped Cu made no change to the TiO2 films. The nitric oxide (NO) release experiment showed that these Cu-doped surf...

BACKGROUND Un-doped and N-doped TiO2 nano-particles with different nitrogen contents were successfully synthesized by a simple sol-gel method, and were characterized by X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, Energy dispersive X-ray analysis and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra techniques. Then enhancement of sonocatalytic degradation of humic acid by un-doped and ...

Regularly spaced TiO2 nanotubes were prepared by anodizing a titanium substrate in triethylene glycol electrolyte at elevated temperature. In comparison to conventional TiO2 nanotubes, spaced nanotubes possess an adjustable spacing between the individual nanotubes; this allows for controlled buildup of a hierarchical nanoparticle-on-nanotube structure. Here, we use this principle for layer-by-l...

This research reports a simple, innovative, and low-cost doping method of TiO2 nanoparticles presenting the effects calcination weight ratio TiO2:FeCl3 (1:0.33–1:4.5). The photocatalytic activity nanomaterials was investigated by decolorizing Rhodamine B (RhB) dye in an aqueous solution. main results showed that there is anatase-to-rutile transformation after process. Fe-doped process modified ...

TiO2 supports doped with different amounts of Si were prepared by a sol-gel method, and 1 wt% vanadia (V2O5) loaded on Si-doped TiO2 was obtained by an impregnation method. The mole ratio of Si/Ti was 0.2, NOx conversion exceeds 94% at 300 degrees C and GHSV of 41,324 hr(-1), which is about 20% higher than pure V2O5/TiO2. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, TEM, FT-IR, NH3-TPD, XPS, H...

A novel photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor was fabricated based on N-doped TiO2 for the detection of Hg(2+) through the quenching of photogenerated electrons. The N-doped TiO2 was synthesized by a sol-gel method with urea and tetrabutyl titanate as the N and Ti sources. Compared with the undoped TiO2, the N-doped TiO2 showed an enhanced photocurrent response under visible light (λ > 420 nm). ...

We synthesized different Fe/TiO2 catalysts and studied the influence of Fe on the structure and performance of Fe/TiO2 as a photocatalyst to remove gaseous NO in air under visible light. The electron paramagnetic resonance results revealed that Fe ions substituted the Ti ions of TiO2 prepared by coprecipitation and homogeneous precipitation method. More Fe ions were incorporated into the crysta...

H2S reduction over Pure and Sulphur doped TiO2 nanoparticles was studied in this work. The parameter was catalytic destruction of H2S gas under high temperature of 450C using fixed bed catalytic system under laboratory conditions. Under these conditions 99.97% reduction was achieved using S-doped TiO2. 2.89% Sulphur was adsorbed on S-doped TiO2 nanoparticles to form Ti(SO4)2. Comparatively, no ...

Zr/N co-doped TiO2 nanostructures were successfully synthesized using nanotubular titanic acid (NTA) as precursors by a facile wet chemical route and subsequent calcination. These Zr/N-doped TiO2 nanostructures made by NTA precursors show significantly enhanced visible light absorption and much higher photocatalytic performance than the Zr/N-doped P25 TiO2 nanoparticles. Impacts of Zr/N co-dopi...

A microwave-assisted sol-gel method was used to synthesize (N, Fe)-codoped activated carbon (AC)/TiO2 photocatalyst for enhanced optical absorption in the visible light region. The prepared samples were characterized via X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, ultraviolet-visible...