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Photocatalytic activity of surface modified anatase TiO2 with 1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-Naphthol prepared at low temperature

JIANHUA LIU1,2,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan 644000, P. R China
  2. School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China

Abstract

A solar light-activated TiO2 photocatalyst was synthesized by the surface modification with 1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-Naphthol (PAN) at low temperature (80 ℃). The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) showed crystalline powder of anatase TiO2 was achieved and the UV–vis absorption of TiO2 modified by PAN was greatly extended to 540 nm. The modified TiO2 photocatalyst exhibited much better activity than bare TiO2 in the photocatalytic reactions, 70% of the CR was decomposed by TiO2-PAN after 5 hours under solar light irradiation..

Keywords

Modification, Photocatalyst, Photooxidation, Solar light, Titania, Anatase TiO2.

Citation

JIANHUA LIU, Photocatalytic activity of surface modified anatase TiO2 with 1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-Naphthol prepared at low temperature, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 3, March 2011, pp.291-295 (2011).

Submitted at: March 4, 2011

Accepted at: March 16, 2011