Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Sol-Gel Method Derived La Doped TiO2/ITO Photocatalytic Electrodes

Autor: Wei Fu Wang, Cheng Ling Hu, Ming Yi Chang, Yung-Hsu Hsieh
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Advanced Materials Research. :486-490
ISSN: 1662-8985
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.452-453.486
Popis: La–doped TiO2 thin films were synthesized using TTIP, IPA , Acetic acid ,and La2¬O3 as precursors by sol-gel method and dip-coating method. The different molar raitos of La/Ti ( 0.025,0.050,0.075 and 0.100 ) were supported on ITO glass to product photocatalytic electrodes. The properties of both TiO2/ITO and La- TiO2/ITO photocatalytic electrodes were characterized by FE-SEM,BET and XRD. The FE-SEM and BET analytical results demonstrate that La-TiO2/ITO particles have uniform shape and small size (<10nm ) compared with TiO2/ITO. Anotherway, the XRD resultes show that when more molar raitos of La/Ti the crystallites become more percent to of rutile. The La-TiO2/ITO photocatalytic electrode with molar raito 0.05 shows the best photocatalysis with mineralization rate after four hours reaction. On this condition, different Acid Yellow 17 initial concentration and UV light intensity have been research. Applied potential 2.0V would effectively increase the decolonization rate under visible light irradiation.
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