Photocatalytic Abatement of Volatile Organic Compounds by TiO₂ Nanoparticles Doped with Either Phosphorous or Zirconium.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this work is to study the activity of novel TiO₂-based photocatalysts doped with either phosphorus or zirconium under a UV-Vis source. A set of mesoporous catalysts was prepared by the direct synthesis: TiO₂_A and TiO₂_B (titanium oxide synthesized by two different procedures), P-TiO₂ and Zr-TiO₂ (binary oxides with either nonmetal or metal into the TiO₂ framework). Complementary characterizations (N₂ physisorption at 77 K, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and (DR)UV-Vis spectroscopy) were used to investigate the physicochemical properties of the prepared catalysts. Then, t

SUBMITTER: Dosa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6651007 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature