Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2003, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 119-125.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2003.02.119

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PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGE ON NANOMETER TiO2 COMPOSITE THIN FILMS

LIU Fan-xin, CUI Zuo-lin, ZHANG Zhi-kun   

  1. Institute of Nanostructured Materials, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
  • Received:2002-09-27 Revised:2002-11-06 Online:2003-03-23 Published:2003-03-23

Abstract: The evenly transparent nanometer TiO2 composite thin films prepared by Sol-Gel processing were deposited on glass substrates,porous ceramics substrates and glass fiber substrates.The photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange in water was studied in cultural dish with UV lamp as light source.The effects of the initial concentration of methyl orange,carrier surface of catalyst,the light time and the pH value were also investigated.And the semiconductor coupling thin films were carried out for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange.The results showed that the SnO2 TiO2 composite thin films had higher photocatalytic degradation efficiency than that of the La doping TiO2 thin films.

Key words: nanometer TiO2 composite thin films, methyl orange, photocatalysis, semiconductor coupling

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