Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 550-556.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.11011

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Preparation of Pt-Doped TiO2 by Hydrothermal Method and Its Photocatalytic Performance under Visible Light Irradiation

JING Mingjun, WANG Yan, QIAN Junjie, ZHANG Min, YANG Jianjun*   

  1. Key Laboratory For Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China
  • Received:2011-10-09 Revised:2011-10-09 Online:2012-03-15 Published:2015-07-27

Abstract: Pt-doped TiO2 was prepared by a hydrothermal method using nanotubular titanic acid (NTA) as the precursor. The pH values before and after the hydrothermal reaction were compared. It was found that the hydroxyl group on the surface of NTA could neutralize the chloroplatinic acid during the hydrothermal reaction, which resulted in a pH value increase. The nanotubular structure of NTA was destroyed to form nanoparticles at 130 °C accompanied by the crystal transformation from an orthorhombic system to anatase TiO2. The X-ray photoelectroy spectroscopy results showed that platinum was present mainly in the form of Pt2+. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by monitoring the oxidation of propylene under visible light irradiation. The results indicated that Pt-TiO2 prepared at 160 oC showed the highest photocatalytic activity at visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm). The mechanism of Pt-doping into TiO2 and the visible light sensitization of Pt-doped TiO2 were discussed.

Key words: nanotube titanic acid, hydrothermal method, titanium dioxide, platinum doping, photocatalysis, propylene