N-doped TiO2 nanocrystals were prepared using titanium alkoxide as precipitant with different proportional materials. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission el...N-doped TiO2 nanocrystals were prepared using titanium alkoxide as precipitant with different proportional materials. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra. It is confirmed experimentally that the photocatalytic activity of N-doped TiO2 is much higher than that of Degussa P25, when used for the degradation of crystal violet. The degradation kinetics follows an apparent first-order reaction, which is consistent with a generally observed Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism. The doping of TiO2 with nitrogen significantly increases the absorption in the region of visible light. The energy of the band gap of N-doped TiO2 is 2.92 eV. The better performance of N-doped TiO2 can be explained by the fact that it is also excited with longer-wavelength light.展开更多
基金supported by the Outstanding Adult-Young Scientific Research Encouraging Foundation of Shandong Province (No.2008BS09016)the Nature Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.Y2007B15)the Scientific Research Program of Shandong Province Education Department, China (No.J06D55)
文摘N-doped TiO2 nanocrystals were prepared using titanium alkoxide as precipitant with different proportional materials. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra. It is confirmed experimentally that the photocatalytic activity of N-doped TiO2 is much higher than that of Degussa P25, when used for the degradation of crystal violet. The degradation kinetics follows an apparent first-order reaction, which is consistent with a generally observed Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism. The doping of TiO2 with nitrogen significantly increases the absorption in the region of visible light. The energy of the band gap of N-doped TiO2 is 2.92 eV. The better performance of N-doped TiO2 can be explained by the fact that it is also excited with longer-wavelength light.
