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http://dx.doi.org/10.6111/JKCGCT.2013.23.5.241

Synthesis of TiO2/active carbon composites via hydrothermal process and their photocatalytic performance  

Kim, Dong Jin (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Lee, Jin Hee (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Lee, Byeong Woo (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Abstract
Granular bamboo-derived active carbons (AC) were impregnated (or coated) with $TiO_2$ nano crystalline powders. The photocatalytic activity of the $TiO_2$-impregnated active carbons ($TiO_2$/AC) were determined on the basis of the degradation rate of methylene-blue aqueous solution under UV irradiation. The active compounds of $TiO_2$ were impregnated onto the AC under moderate hydrothermal conditions (${\leq}200^{\circ}C$, pH 11). The mean size of $TiO_2$ particles calculated from BET surface area were found to be as 50 nm. The $TiO_2$ precipitates were coated on the cavities or pores on the surfaces of highly activated carbons. Since the hydrothermal process led to a lowering of the on-set temperature of the anatase-to-rutile transition of $TiO_2$ as low as $200^{\circ}C$, $TiO_2$ crystallites of a pure anatase or a mixed form with rutile were successfully coated on the AC depending on the synthesis temperatures.
Keywords
Photocatalyst; Hydrothermal; $TiO_2$; Anatase; Rutile; Active carbon;
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