Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2010, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 161-172.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2010.03.161

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Preparation of CdS-modified TiO2 Nanoribbon and Photocatalytic Degradation of Toxic Organic Pollutants

LIU Jun-zi, WANG Pan, HE Yan, DENG An-ping, LI Rui-ping, HUANG Ying-ping   

  1. Engineering Research Center of Eco-environment in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, Hubei, P. R. China
  • Received:2009-12-25 Revised:2010-03-01 Online:2010-05-23 Published:2010-05-23

Abstract: TiO2 nanoribbon was synthesized by the hydrothermal method at 210℃ using titanium sulfate as the raw material.TiO2@CdS composite photo-catalyst was synthesized by modifying TiO2 surface with CdS through the precipitation method.The structure of TiO2@CdS powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD),transmission electron microscope (TEM) and UV-Vis absorption spectral techniques.The photo-catalytic activity of TiO2@CdS was studied using photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B,Salicylic Acid and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) under visible light (λ≥450 nm) as the probe reactions.The effects of the reaction temperature,medium and CdS loading on the structural properties of TiO2@CdS were investigated.The results showed that the prepared TiO2 nanoribbon had good dispersivity.Composite nanocrystalline particle was composed of TiO2 with anatase crystalline structure and CdS with zinc-blend crysatalline structure.At room temperature (25℃),the activity of TiO2 decorated with CdS in neutral medium was enhanced by 29 times as compared with pure TiO2 under the visible light irradiation.Therefore,the photo-activity of CdS was improved by TiO2.In TiO2@CdS/Vis system,the photodegradation of Salicylic Acid (SA) over TiO2@CdS was much promoted compared with pure TiO2 nanoribbon.The mineralized rates of Rhodamine B (RhB) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) reached 47.8% and 30.8% after 15 and 21 hours respectively at pH 7.0.

Key words: CdS, TiO2 nanoribbon, photocatalyst

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