Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 367-372.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2013.20766

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Photocatalytic Properties of Magnetically Separable Composite Photocatalyst Nanosphere Prepared by Liquid-Phase Deposition

XU Shihong1,*, TAN Dongdong1, LU Wei2, SHI Penghui1, BI Defu1, MA Chunyan1, SHANGGUAN Wenfeng3   

  1. 1College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620; 2Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute, Beijing 100082; 3Research Center for Combustion and Environment Technology, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240
  • Received:2012-08-30 Revised:2012-10-10 Online:2013-02-05 Published:2013-02-05

Abstract: A novel magnetically separable composite photocatalyst nanosphere TiO2@SiO2@NiFe2O4 was prepared by a reverse micelle method and liquid phase deposition technique and characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results indicated that the nickel ferrite core nanoparticles are completely encapsulated into silica nanospheres as a support (SiO2@NiFe2O4), and titania nanoparticles are deposited onto the surface of SiO2@NiFe2O4 nanospheres, forming a TiO2 shell for photocatalysis. The degradation experiments of methyl orange indicated that when the molar ratio of H3BO3 to [TiF6]2- is set at 4, the as-prepared photocatalyst calcined at 300 °C presents the highest photocatalytic activity.

Key words: titania, silica, nickel ferrite, photocatalysis, nanosphere, liquid-phase deposition, coating