Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 by Hydrothermal Method and the Inhibition of Photocatalytic Activity

QIU Yong-Liang; CHEN Hong-Ling; XU Nan-Ping   

  1. Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Jiangsu Province; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Nanjing University of Technology; Nanjing 210009; China
  • Received:2004-04-23 Revised:2004-05-27 Published:2005-05-20 Online:2005-05-20

Abstract: Two kinds of Sb2O3-doped TiO2(Sb2O3:TiO2=0~0.35mol%) nano-particles were synthesized
by the hydrothermal method at 200℃ for 6h. The first kind of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 was prepared by using titania and antimony trichloride as reactants.
The second kind of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 was prepared by using metatitanic acid and antimony trichloride as reactants. The Sb2O3-doped TiO2
powders were characterized by XRD, SEM, EDS, TG, IR and the diameter of the particles was evaluated by Scherrer equation. EDS characterization shows that
Sb2O3 exists in Sb2O3-doped TiO2. The crystallines of all samples are anatase in XRD patterns. The dopant of Sb2O3 can inhibit
the particle growth of the second kind of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 when the crystalline is changed into anatase TiO2. The photocatalytic activities
of the two kinds of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 were characterized by photodegradation of rhodamine B. The photocatalytic activity of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 is
effectively suppressed by the doping of Sb2O3. When Sb2O3:TiO2 is 0.21%, the photocatalytic activity of Sb2O3-doped TiO2
is the lowest. The photocatalytic activity of the second kind of Sb2O3-doped TiO2 is lower than that of the first.

Key words: hydrothermal method, Sb2O3, TiO2, photocatalysis, rhodamine B

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