Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference (한국진공학회:학술대회논문집)

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Enhancement of Photo-reduction of Water by Exploiting Zn Doped Mesoporous $TiO_2$

  • Ali, Zahid (BK21 Physics Research Division, Department of Energy Science, Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kang, Dae-Joon (BK21 Physics Research Division, Department of Energy Science, Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Published : 2012.02.08
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Abstract

Zn-doped $TiO_2$ mesoporous microspheres with high photocatalytic activity were synthesized via combined sol-gel and solvothermal methods for photocatalytic water splitting. It is found that the photocatalytic water splitting and photocatalytic degradation activity can be enhanced by doping an appropriate amount of Zn. Our results reveal that Zn doping inhibits the recombination of photo-generated charge carriers of $TiO_2$ and improves the probability of photo-generated charge carrier separation and hence the photocatalytic activity of $TiO_2$.

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