Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (9): 1513-1518.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2011.10501

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Preparation and Photocatalytic Performance of Pt-TiNT@@SiO2 by UV Photoreduction

WANG Sheng*, GAO Yanlong, WANG Tao, WANG Dongliang, DING Yuanwei, XU Xuefei, ZHANG Xiaolong, JIANG Guohua   

  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education of PRC, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2011-05-04 Revised:2011-06-26 Online:2011-09-09 Published:2015-01-24

Abstract: The Pt nanoparticles-filled TiO2-semiconductor nanocomposite samples were prepared. By using SiO2-coated TiO2 nanotube (TiNT@@SiO2) as the support, Pt nanoparticles were successfully filled in TiNT@@SiO2 by a simple UV photoreduction method. The prepared Pt-TiNT@@SiO2 samples were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometer, and X-ray diffraction. The photocatalytic activity of the samples for methanol oxidation shows that 1.5%Pt-TiNT@@SiO2 has the highest photo-activity. The mechanism of this inner-tube photocatalysis was discussed.

Key words: silica, titania, nanotube, platinum, photocatalysis, methanol, oxidation