| Abstract: | The porous structure and honeycombed structure of granulated blast furnace slag formed by alkali activation (AGBFS) can be used as a promising photocatalysts substrate for the photocatalytic removal of atmospheric or water pollutants.In this study,photocatalytic activated slag granules were synthesized by loading TiO_2 on AGBFS with immersion method.The physicochemical properties and NO_x removal performance of activated slag granules/TiO_2 photocatalysts were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD),scanning electron microscope (SEM) and photocatalytic performance test.The effects of slag particle sizes and nano-TiO_2 loading concentrations on photocatalytic efficiencies of NO_x removal were also investigated.It was found that the De-NO_x performance of activated slag granules/TiO_2 photocatalyst increased with the increasing of slag particle size in low TiO_2 loading concentration situation,while increasing the TiO_2 loading concentration would result in the opposite De-NO_x performance as slag size increased.Nevertheless,for the same size activated slag,the photocatalytic efficiency of activated slag granules/TiO_2 photocatalyst gradually improved with the increase of loading concentration of TiO_2. |
