Local structure and photocatalytic activity of B2O3–SiO2/TiO2 ternary mixed oxides prepared by sol–gel method |
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Authors: | Kyeong Youl Jung Seung Bin Park Son-Ki Ihm |
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Affiliation: | a Advanced Materials Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 100, Jang-dong, Yusong-gu, Daejeon 305-600, South Korea b Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon 305-701, South Korea |
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Abstract: | The local structure and the photoactivity of B2O3–SiO2/TiO2 ternary mixed oxides (SiO2 content was fixed as 30 at.% with respect to TiO2) was investigated by using XRD, FT-IR, BET, UV-vis spectra, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurement. In FT-IR analysis, boron was incorporated into the framework of titania matrix with replacing Ti---O---Si with Si---O---B or Ti---O---B bonds. Also, paramagnetic species such as O− and Ti3+ defects were formed by the boron incorporation. In SiO2/TiO2 mixed oxides, a blue shift in the light absorption band was observed due to the quantization of band structure. All B2O3–SiO2/TiO2 samples had pure anatase phase and no rutile phase was formed even though the calcination temperature was over 900 °C. Incorporating boron oxides of more than 10% enlarges the grain size of anatase phase and causes a red shift of the light absorption spectrum. The surface area was monotonically decreased with increasing the content of boron content. As a result, the photoactivity of B2O3–SiO2/TiO2 ternary mixed oxides was greatly influenced by the content of boron oxide. The highest photoactivity (g moles/min l) was obtained when the boron content was 5% and seven times higher than that of silica/titania binary mixed oxide. In addition, the specific photoactivity (g moles/m2 l) was maximum still at 5%. It was concluded that the large reduction of surface area, the change of band structure, and more formation of bulk Ti3+ sites are responsible for the deterioration in the photoactivity of B2O3–SiO2/TiO2 ternary mixed oxides when the content of boron is over 10%, although their crystallinity was enhanced by increasing the calcination temperature with keeping anatase phase. |
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Keywords: | Photocatalyst Mixed oxide Crystallinity Sol–gel Titania |
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