Synthesis and characterization of CNT/Ce-TiO_2 nanocomposite for phenol degradation

作     者：Shaari N Tan S H Mohamed A R 

作者机构：School of Chemical Engineering Engineering Campus University Sains Malaysia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Rare Earths》 (稀土学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第30卷第7期

页      面：651-658页

核心收录：

学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 070301[理学-无机化学] 083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Project supported by Research University Grant Scheme (Project A/C No.814004) the Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) under the Commercialization of Research and Development Fund (CRDF) (MBF065-USM/05) 

主　　题：carbon nanotube (CNT) cerium TiO2 nanocomposite photocatalyst phenol rare earths 

摘      要：An innovative photocatalyst, Carbon nanotube （CNT） supported Ce-TiO2 nanocomposite was successfully synthesized via modi-fied sol gel method and investigated in a batch reactor for abolition of phenol under UV light spectrum. Characterization of catalyst micro-structure and internal properties were done by means of X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller （BET）, scanning electron micros-copy （SEM）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra （DRS）. Ce doping can inhibit phase transfor-mation from anatase to rutile and eliminate the recombination of electron-hole pairs in the catalyst. The presence of CNT in TiO2 composite can both increase the photoactivity under UV and change surface properties to achieve sensitivity to visible light. The optimum mass ratio of CNT support and cerium （Ce） dopant in TiO2 was the prominent factor to harvest CNT/Ce-TiO2 photocatalyst nanocomposite. The results demonstrated that optimum mass ratio of CNT：TiO2：Ce was 0.02：1.0：0.06, which resulted in the great performance of the photocatalyst to de-grade about 94% of phenol in a 50 mg/L solution in only 3 h. In this paper, dissimilar role of CNT support and Ce dopant in the TiO2 photo-catalysis of phenol was also discussed.