<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents a simple way to improve the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide using mechanochemical method. The TiO<sub>2</sub> (Anatase) powders was subjected to high-energy ball milling in dry environment and in methanol. It has been shown that it is possible to induce the phase transformation from Anatase to Rutile and produce a material with a higher photocatalytic activity in the UV light. Physicochemical characteristics of the products were based on the following methods and techniques: X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), IR and UV-Vis (DR) spectroscopy, measurements of specific surface area (BET). The photocatalytic activity of the powders was measured in the decomposition reaction of methyl orange in water.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a simple way to improve the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide using mechanochemical method. The TiO2 (Anatase) powders was subjected to high-energy ball milling in dry environment and in methanol. It has been shown that it is possible to induce the phase transformation from Anatase to Rutile and produce a material with a higher photocatalytic activity in the UV light. Physicochemical characteristics of the products were based on the following methods and techniques: X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), IR and UV-Vis (DR) spectroscopy, measurements of specific surface area (BET). The photocatalytic activity of the powders was measured in the decomposition reaction of methyl orange in water.

Modyfication of photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide by mechanochemical method

Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Warszawska 24, 310155 Cracow,

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The paper presents a simple way to improve the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide using mechanochemical method. The TiO2 (Anatase) powders was...

Modyfication of photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide by mechanochemical method

Published Online: Oct 13, 2016

Page range: 68 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0061

Keywords
mechanochemistry, high-energy ball milling, titanium dioxide, photocatalysis

© by Piotr Dulian

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Modyfication of photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide by mechanochemical method

Published Online: Oct 13, 2016

Page range: 68 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0061

Keywordsmechanochemistry, high-energy ball milling, titanium dioxide, photocatalysis

© by Piotr Dulian

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
mechanochemistry, high-energy ball milling, titanium dioxide, photocatalysis