Affiliation:
1. 1 College of Mining, Guizhou University , Guiyang , China
2. 2 National & Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering for Effective Utilization of Regional Mineral Resources from Karst Areas , Guiyang , China
3. 3 College of Materials and Advanced Manufacturing, Hunan University of Technology , Zhuzhou , China
Abstract
Abstract
To broaden the light response range of TiO2 and improve its photocatalytic activity, BiOCl/TiO2/MMT composite materials (BTMC) with outstanding photocatalytic performance were prepared by the sol-gel method with montmorillonite (MMT) as the supporting material, tetrabutyl titanate as titanium source and, bismuth nitrate pentahydrate as the bismuth source. The properties of the prepared materials were characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), surface and porosity analysis (BET), scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS), and ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflection spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS). When the Bi/Ti molar ratio was 20%, the composite material exhibited a slit mesoporous structure, and its specific surface area was 109.02 m2/g, with optimum photocatalytic activity. TiO2 and BiOCl formed the type-II heterojunction on the surface of MMT, which facilitates the transfer of photogenerated electrons and holes, thus enhancing the photocatalytic activity of BTMC-20. The results of this study indicated that BTMC-20 is a promising photocatalytic composite material and has better photocatalytic properties under visible light.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science