Photocatalytic behavior of nanosized TiO2 immobilized on layered double hydroxides by delamination/restacking process

Paušová, Šárka; Krýsa, Josef; Jirkovský, Jaromír; Mailhot, Gilles; Prevot, Vanessa

Photocatalytic behavior of nanosized TiO2 immobilized on layered double hydroxides by delamination/restacking process

2012

Paušová, Šárka | Krýsa, Josef | Jirkovský, Jaromír | Mailhot, Gilles | Prevot, Vanessa

INTRODUCTION: Efficient immobilization of TiO2 nanoparticles on the surface of Mg2Al-LDH nanosheets was performed by delamination/restacking process. EXPERIMENTAL PART: The structural and textural properties of as-prepared nanocomposite were deeply analyzed using different solid-state characterization techniques such as: X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopies, chemical analysis, X-ray photoelecton spectroscopy, N2 adsorption–desorption, and electronic microscopy. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The photocatalytic properties of immobilized TiO2 nanoparticles on Mg2Al were investigated using the photodegradation of two model pollutants: Orange II and 4-chlorophenol, and compared with pure colloidal TiO2 solution. CONCLUSION: It appears that Orange II photodegradation was systematically faster and more efficient than 4-chlorophenol photodegradation regardless of the medium pH. Moreover under slightly basic conditions, even if the TiO2 photocatalytic efficiency decreases, photodegradation performed in presence of easily recovered TiO2/Mg2Al1.5 nanocomposite gives rise to comparable or better results than pure TiO2.

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