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Novel visible light-driven photocatalyst of mesoporous tud-1 supported chromium oxide doped titania for phenol photodegradation

Ooi, Yee Khai and Leny Yuliati, Leny Yuliati and Lee, Siew Ling (2015) Novel visible light-driven photocatalyst of mesoporous tud-1 supported chromium oxide doped titania for phenol photodegradation. In: One Day Eu-Asean Symposium and Workshop on Photocatalysis, 24 Nov, 2015, Johor Bahru, Johor.

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Abstract

Novel visible light driven mesoporous photocatalysts of Technische Universiteit Delft-1 (TUD-1) supported 1 mol% Cr oxide doped TiO2 (Cr-TiO2) were synthesized. Low angle XRD and FTIR results confirmed the amorphous and mesoporous silicate framework of TUD-1 in the materials. The mesostructure was further confirmed via N2 adsorption-desorption analysis showing type IV isotherm with narrow average pore size distribution (2.5 nm) and high surface area (864 m2/g). TEM analysis results indicated the attainment of nanoparticles and the porous channels in the synthesized materials. An increase in band-gap energy was observed after loading of Cr-TiO2 into TUD-1. As compared to the unsupported Cr-doped TiO2, all the TUD-1 supported Cr-doped TiO2 photocatalysts showed higher photocatalytic activity for phenol degradation under visible light irradiation. Amongst, sample Cr oxide doped TiO2 supported on TUD-1 with molar ratio Si/Ti = 30 exhibited the highest photodegradation of phenol (82%). The phenol photodegradation followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with first order kinetics.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:adsorption, photocatalyst
Subjects:Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:Science
ID Code:61967
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:30 Apr 2017 07:58
Last Modified:09 Aug 2017 03:58

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