Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation and Photocatalytic Performance of SiO2-Pillared Layered Titanate

JIANG Fang1, SHAO Fei2   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; 2. Nanjing University Research and Development Center of Environment Science and Technology(Yixing), Yixing 214200, China
  • Received:2008-02-25 Revised:2008-05-07 Published:2008-11-20 Online:2008-11-20

Abstract: SiO2 pillared layered titanate (SiO2-H2Ti4O 9) was prepared from the layered K2Ti4O9 via a step-reaction method. The influences of alkyl chain length of intercalated alkylamines, washing methods and the hydrothermal time of alkylamine reacted with TEOS on the structure of SiO2-H2Ti4O9 were investigated. The photocatalytic activities of SiO2-H2Ti4O9 were evaluated by photocatalytic oxidation of methylene blue(MB) aqueous solution. The results reveal that the interlayer spacing of alkylamine pre-intercalation samples increases with the increase of the chain length of alkylamines, and the crystallinity of the samples washed with ethanol solution(1:1, v/v) is enhanced compared with anhydrous ethanol. SiO2-H2Ti4O9 treated twice by TEOS at 130℃ has an interlayer spacing of 1.45nm and a specific surface area of 148.4m2/g. SiO2 pillared layered titanate shows a higher efficiency of MB photo-degradation compared with its precursors K2Ti4O9.

Key words: pillared layered titanate, photocatalysis, methylene bule

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