Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 1578-1589.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60124-8

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Preparation of Bi-doped TiO2 nanoparticles and their visible light photocatalytic performance

Haiyan Lia,b, Jinfeng Liua, Junjie Qiana, Qiuye Lia, Jianjun Yanga   

  1. a Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China;
    b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China
  • Received:2014-02-24 Revised:2014-04-21 Online:2014-08-19 Published:2014-08-22
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20973054, 21103042, 21203054).

Abstract:

Bi-doped TiO2 photocatalysts were prepared by a hydrothermal method using nanotube titanic acid as the Ti precursor. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Methyl orange (MO) was used as a model contaminant to evaluate the visible light photocatalytic activity of the Bi-doped TiO2 samples. We found that the Bi ions did not incorporate into the TiO2 lattice but instead existed in the form of BiOCl. The obtained BiOCl-composited TiO2 samples exhibited remarkable photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation for the photodegradation of MO. The sample obtained when the Bi/Ti molar ratio was 1% and the hydrothermal treatment temperature was 130 ℃ (BTO-130-1) showed the highest photocatalytic activity. Moreover, a possible mechanism was proposed and the enhanced photocatalytic activity was discussed. The as-prepared catalyst also showed high photocatalytic activity for the photodegradation of 4- chlorophenol.

Key words: Hydrothermal method, Bismuth-doping, Titanium dioxide, Nanotube titanic acid, Oxygen vacancy, Visible light photocatalysis