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Study on preparation and sunlight photocatalytic activity of porous coupled ZnO/TiO 2 photocatalyst

XUENING FEI1,* , GUOZHI JIA1, XIAOJUAN XU1, YACHAO HAO1, DI WANG1, JING GUO1

Affiliation

  1. Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction, Tianjin 300384, China

Abstract

Porous ZnO/TiO 2 photocatalyst was prepared from porous TiO 2 coupling with ZnO by marinating method The photocatalytic activity was investigated by photocatalytic degradation of bromamine acid aqueous solution in the sun. The effects of ZnO adulterant proportion, the initial concentration of the bromamine acid aqueous solution and different light sources on the activity of the photocatalyst were discussed. The results suggest that in the sun, when the ZnO adulterant propor tion was 1%, the activity of the porous ZnO/TiO 2 photocatalyst was satisfying and superior to that of the porous TiO 2 . When the initial concentration of the bromamine acid aqueous solution was lower than 100mg/L, the result of photocatalytic degradation wa s better. The removal rate of chroma reached almost 100% and the removal rate of TOC over 75%. T he photocatalyst had a better activity under the sunlight than the UV light..

Keywords

Sunlight Porous ZnO /TiO 2 Photocatalytic degradation Photocatalytic activity.

Citation

XUENING FEI, GUOZHI JIA, XIAOJUAN XU, YACHAO HAO, DI WANG, JING GUO, Study on preparation and sunlight photocatalytic activity of porous coupled ZnO/TiO 2 photocatalyst, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 7-8, July-August 2012, pp.709-712 (2012).

Submitted at: Jan. 2, 2012

Accepted at: July 19, 2012