Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 36, Issue 10, 1039(2021)

Construction and Photocatalytic Performance of 3D Hierarchical Pore rGO/TiO2 Composites

Cuixia Li, Huizhen SUN, Haize JIN, Xiao SHI, Wensheng LI, and Wenhui KONG
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  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, School of Material Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
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    Utilizing polystyrene (PS) microspheres as templates, and graphene oxide (GO) and tetrabutyl titanate (TBT) as raw materials, 3D hierarchical pore rGO/TiO2(PS) composites were fabricated by Sol-Gel method based on multiple coordination reactions. The structure and morphology of 3D hierarchical pore rGO/TiO2(PS) composites were characterized, and the effects of PS addition on crystal structure, microscopic morphology and photocatalytic performance of rGO/TiO2 composites were studied. Under simulate ultraviolet light and visible light irradiation, tetracycline hydrochloride (TTCH) using as the target pollutant, the photocatalytic performance of 3D hierarchical pore rGO/TiO2(PS) composites prepared with different PS addition was evaluated. Under simulated visible light irradiation, the 3D hierarchical pore rGO/TiO2(5wt%PS) composites were subjected to multiple recycling tests. The results show that the rGO/TiO2(PS) composites have a 3D hierarchical pore bulk structure. As the reinforcing phase of matrix, GO keeps stability of multistage pore rigid skeleton structure through Ti-O-C bond. Furthermore, the introduction of PS increases the specific surface area of the rGO/TiO2(PS) composites. The 3D hierarchical pore rGO/TiO2(7wt%PS) composite has the highest adsorption efficiency for TTCH, while the 3D hierarchical pore rGO/TiO2(5wt%PS) composite has the highest photocatalytic activity and stability, which photocatalytic efficiency still reaches 81.02% after 4 cycles of recycling tests; the best addition amount of template PS is 5wt%.

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    Cuixia Li, Huizhen SUN, Haize JIN, Xiao SHI, Wensheng LI, Wenhui KONG. Construction and Photocatalytic Performance of 3D Hierarchical Pore rGO/TiO2 Composites [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(10): 1039

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    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Nov. 30, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 26, 2021

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    DOI:10.15541/jim20200682

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