Proceedings of the 2015 2nd International Conference on Machinery, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Preparation and Photocatalytic Properties of Cu-doped Nano-TiO2/Microcrystal Muscovite Composites

Authors
Xiqiang Yuan, Kehui Qiu, Wenjian Tang, Qianchen Liu
Corresponding Author
Xiqiang Yuan
Available Online December 2015.
DOI
10.2991/mmeceb-15.2016.133How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Microcrystal muscovite, Cu-doped, Nano-TiO2, Photocatalytic degradation, Methylene blue.
Abstract

With microcrystal muscovite (MCM) as the carrier, butyl titanate as the source of titanium, acetic acid as the inhibitors, copper nitrate as dopant, Cu-doped nano-TiO2/MCM composites were prepared by the sol–gel method. Then the composites were calcined at 500 oC for 2 hours. The samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and DTA-TG methods. The photocatalytic activity of samples was evaluated by degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) under ultraviolet radiation (UV lamp 20 W, emission wavelength 340 nm). The experiment showed that the Cu-doped could enhance the photocatalytic degradation performance of the samples. Especially for the presence or absence of UV radiation conditions, we also researched the effect of muscovite, nano-TiO2 and Cu-doped nano-TiO2/MCM composites in MB solution. The results showed that the photocatalytic activity of Cu-doped nano-TiO2/MCM composites have been significantly improved in MB solution. The degradation rate for MB solution (100 mL 5 mg/L) by Cu-doped nano-TiO2/MCM (0.2 g, Cu/Ti molar ratios: 5%) is about 99% under UV radiation for about 6 hours at room temperature.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 2nd International Conference on Machinery, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
December 2015
ISBN
978-94-6252-151-3
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/mmeceb-15.2016.133How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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