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Synthesis of TiO2-xNx Using Thermal Plasma and Comparison of Photocatalytic Characteristics  

Kim, Min-Hee (Department of Chemical Engineering and RIC-ETTP (Regional Innovation Center for Environmental Technology of Thermal Plasma), Inha University)
Park, Dong-Wha (Department of Chemical Engineering and RIC-ETTP (Regional Innovation Center for Environmental Technology of Thermal Plasma), Inha University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.19, no.3, 2008 , pp. 270-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
$N_2$ doped $TiO_2$ nano-sized powder was prepared using a DC arc plasma jet and investigated with XRD, BET, SEM, TEM, and photo-catalytic decomposition. Recently the research interest about the nano-sized $TiO_2$ powder has been increased to improve its photo-catalytic activity for the removal of environmental pollutants. Nitrogen gas, reacting gas, and titanium tetrachloride ($TiCl_4$) were used as the raw materials and injected into the plasma reactor to synthesize the $N_2$ doped $TiO_2$ power. The particle size and XRD peaks of the synthesized powder were analyzed as a function of the flow rate of the nitrogen gas. Also, the characteristics of the photo-catalytic decomposition using the prepared powder were studied. For comparing the photo-catalytic decomposition performance of $TiO_2$ powder with that of $TiO_2$ coating, $TiO_2$ thin films were prepared by the spin coating and the pulsed laser deposition. For the results of the acetaldehyde decomposition, the photo-catalytic activity of $TiO_{2-x}N_x$ powder was higher than that of the pure $TiO_2$ powder in the visible light region. For the methylene blue decomposition, the decomposition efficiency of $TiO_2$ powder was also higher than that of $TiO_2$ film.
Keywords
thermal plasma; $TiO_2$; photocatalytic; nanopowder;
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