Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 1450.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20160809

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Preparation and Synergistic Catalytic Performance of Ag/TiO2 Composite Photocatalysts Modified by Acetic Acid

A Shan1,2, ZHEN Jiawei1,2, LIU Juming2,3, BAI Jie1,2, YANG Jucai2,3, ZHANG Qiancheng1,2   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Industrial Catalysis of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China;
    3. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China
  • Received:2016-11-21 Revised:2017-07-14 Published:2017-07-28
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20966006), the Natural Science Foundation of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China(No.2014MS0218) and the Program for Innovative Research Team in Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China(No.NMGIRT-A1603).

Abstract:

Ag/TiO2 sample was prepared by photochemical reduction approach, and then the sample was impregnated with acetic acid to obtain the HAc-Ag/TiO2 composite photocatalysts. The samples were characterized by transmission electron microscopy(TEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy(UV-Vis DRS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) and Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy. The visible light photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange(MO) in an aqueous solution was used as a probe reaction to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the obtained samples. It reveals that the modifying of acetic acid can obviously narrow the bandgap of TiO2 via the formation of band tail in the bandgap of TiO2. Especially, the co-modification of Ag and acetic acid resulted in more narrow TiO2 bandgap and more positive top of valence band. The synergistic effects of Ag and acetic acid on TiO2 enhanced the photocatalyst performance of HAc-Ag/TiO2 composite. Under visible light irradiation, nearly 100% of MO was degraded within 2 h on the HAc-Ag/TiO2 photocatalyst.

Key words: TiO2, Ag nanoparticles, Acetic acid modifying, Visible-light photocatalysis

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