Synthesis and characterization of TiO2/graphitic carbon nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance
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Abstract In this paper titanium dioxide carbon modification with benzene as a carbon source is presented. A TiO2/graphitic carbon nanocomposites were synthesized by thermal modification in the presence of benzene vapours at different temperature (300–700 °C). The new materials were characterized by a various techniques, such as: X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis/DR), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. BET specific surface area was also measured. The photocatalytic activity of obtained nanocomposites was measured by the decomposition of acetic acid and methylene blue under UV–vis irradiation. The results show that photocatalytic activity increasing with increase in carbon concentration and temperature of modification. It can be noted that adsorption degree has a very high impact on methylene blue decomposition. The highest photocatalytic activity was found for the photocatalyst modified at 600 °C contains 1.13 wt% of carbon. It should be noted that, the influence of crystallite size, crystal structure changes and specific surface area for photocatalytic activity are presented.
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