Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 1871-1881.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(16)62492-0

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Phenol photocatalytic degradation over mesoporous TUD-1-supported chromium oxide-doped titania photocatalyst

Yee Khai Ooi, Leny Yuliati, Siew Ling Lee   

  1. a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia;
    b Center for Sustainable Nanomaterials, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Received:2016-07-28 Revised:2016-08-21 Online:2016-11-25 Published:2016-11-25
  • Contact: Siew Ling Lee, Tel:+607-5536039, Fax:+607-5536080, E-mail:sllee@ibnusina.utm.my

Abstract:

Mesoporous Technische Universiteit Delft (TUD-1)-supported chromium oxide-doped titania (Cr-TiO2) was developed as a promising photocatalyst for phenol photodegradation under visible light irradiation. Low-angle X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results confirmed the amorphous and mesoporous silicate framework of TUD-1 in TUD-1-supported Cr-TiO2. The mesostructure of TUD-1 was further verified via N2 adsorption-desorption analysis, which showed a type-IV isotherm with a narrow average pore size distribution of 3.9 nm and high surface area of >490 m2/g. Transmission electron microscopy analysis results indicated that TUD-1-supported Cr-TiO2 contained nanoparticles and porous channels. An increase in band gap energy was observed after loading Cr-TiO2 into TUD-1. Compared with that of unsupported Cr-TiO2, TUD-1-supported Cr-TiO2 showed higher photocatalytic activity for phenol degradation under visi-ble light irradiation. The TUD-1 supported Cr-TiO2 photocatalyst with a Si/Ti molar ratio of 30 ex-hibited the highest photodegradation of phenol (82%) of the prepared samples. The photodegrada-tion of phenol by the supported catalyst followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with first-order kinetics.

Key words: Phenol, TUD-1, Titania, Photocatalyst, Mesoporous