Highly visible-light absorbing black TiO2 nanocrystals synthesized by sol-gel method and subsequent heat treatment in low partial pressure H2

Ming Chung Wu; I. Chun Chang; Kai Chi Hsiao; Wei Kang Huang

doi:10.1016/j.jtice.2016.02.026

Highly visible-light absorbing black TiO₂ nanocrystals synthesized by sol-gel method and subsequent heat treatment in low partial pressure H₂

Ming Chung Wu^*
, I. Chun Chang
, Kai Chi Hsiao
, Wei Kang Huang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Chang Gung University

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Abstract

We present here a novel method for producing highly visible-light absorbing black TiO₂ nanocrystals by combining sol-gel synthesis and subsequent heat treatment in low partial pressure H₂. The synthesized black TiO₂ nanocrystals with trivalent titanium, oxygen vacancies and structural defects show a significantly lowered optical bandgap in reference to white TiO₂. Photodegradation of methyl orange under visible light irradiation indicates the synthesized black TiO₂ is superior to the commercial TiO₂-P25. The developed process is simple, cost-effective, safe and allows producing a series of visible spectrum active catalysts without the need for metal doping or decoration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	430-435
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2016.02.026
State	Published - 01 06 2016

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Keywords

Nanostructures
Photocatalyst
Photodegradation
TiO

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