Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 1651-1655.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2011.10605

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Preparation and Photocatalytic Performance of One-Dimensional CdS/TiO2

ZHU Baolin, ZHAO Weiling, ZENG Chenjie, CHEN Jie, HAN Qiwei, HUANG Weiping*   

  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2011-06-01 Revised:2011-08-05 Online:2011-09-30 Published:2015-02-12

Abstract: By using hydrogen titanate nanotubes as support and titanium sol composed of CdCl2 and thiourea as modifying precursor, one-dimensional CdS/TiO2 catalysts with different CdS contents were prepared after calcination. The prepared materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, N2 adsorption, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Using methyl orange solution as wastewater, the photocatalytic activity of CdS/TiO2 was investigated under UV light and simulated sunlight irradiation. The results indicate that the tubular structure of titanate nanotubes is damaged and one-dimensional TiO2 crystals form after the calcination process at high temperature. After TiO2 is modified by CdS, improved photocatalytic performance is obtained, and 3% CdS/TiO2 calcined at 400 ºC exhibits the best catalytic performance.

Key words: hydrogen titanate nanotube, support, cadmium sulfide, titanium dioxide, photocatalytic activity