Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2013, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 283-286.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2013.12251

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Modification and Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Inverse Opal Membranes

WU Jun1, Wang Ai-Jun1,2, CHEN Sheng-Li1, YUAN Gui-Mei1,2, WANG Xiao-Dong1, ZHANG Lin1   

  1. (1. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China; 2. College of Science, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China)
  • Received:2012-04-20 Revised:2012-07-12 Published:2013-03-20 Online:2013-02-20
  • About author:WU Jun. E-mail: wj_871010@126.com
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (20976192); Doctoral Scientific Fund Project of the Ministry of Education of China (20090007110003)

Abstract: The surface of TiO2 inverse opal material was modified by Liquid Phase Deposition(LPD) method, and a layer of TiO2 nanoparticles was deposited on the inverse opal framework in order to increase the specific surface area. The photo-catalytical degradation of Rhodamine B was used as the probe-reaction to investigate the photocatalysis activity of the TiO2 inverse opal membranes, and the influences of boric acid concentration of the LPD solution on  surface morphology and photocatalysis activity of TiO2 inverse opal membranes were investigated. The results showed that the photocatalysis activity of TiO2 inverse opal membrane modified by LPD method was improved which was about 6 times higher than that of the unmodified TiO2 inverse opal when the boric acid concentration of PLD solution was 0.0183 g/mL.

Key words: titanium dioxide, inverse opal, liquid phase deposition, photocatalysis

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