Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2009, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 263-272.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2009.04.263

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Preparation of Titania-based CoPc Catalysts for CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction by the In-situ Method

FAN Ji-min, ZHAO Zhi-huan, WANG Zhi-zhong   

  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi, P. R. China
  • Received:2008-12-11 Revised:2009-02-23 Online:2009-07-23 Published:2009-07-23

Abstract: Applying a new method of in-situ chemical synthesis through the annulation of 1,2-dicyanobenzene on the surface of TiO2 with Co(Ⅱ) as template,cobalt phthalocyanine(CoPc) is synthesized in the processing of TiO2 gel synthesis and obtained the catalyst of CoPc/TiO2.CoPc is doped successfully and the catalysts are verified by means of UV-Vis and FT-IR.The optimum preparation conditions of CoPc/TiO2 are as follows:n(CoPc):n(TiO2)=3:100,calcination temperature 200℃,stirring time 20h,titanium tetra-butoxide,1,2-dicyanobenzene and cobalt ion adding at the same time.By this method the the electron density of Pc rings in CoPc is increased and favored to transfer electrons from excited CoPc to the conduction band of TiO2.CoPc was isolated homogeneously in the pores of the titania matrix.This kind of “cage effect” effectively prevented the CoPc molecules from migrating to adjacent pores,thus decreasing the dimerization and aggregation of CoPc molecules.This catalyst can be apply to photocatalytic reduce CO2,exposure under visible light,in the water solution,CO2 can be reduced to HCHO,CH3OH,HCOOH and so on.After 10 h of photo-reaction,the cumulative production can reach 2903.83μmol/g-catal.

Key words: in-situ method, CO2 photo-reduce, TiO2, cobalt phthalocyanine, photocatalysis

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