Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation of TiO2 Film on Stainless Steel Webnet and the Degradation of Formaldehyde

ZHANG Jian-Ping1; SUN Zhao-Mei1; SHI Li-Yi1,3; JIA Gui-Ling; XIE Xiao-Feng2; RAO Wei-Wei1; ZHU Yong-Fa4   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry; School of Science; Shanghai University; Shanghai 200444; China; 2. School of Environment and Chemical Engineering; Shanghai 200072; 3. Research Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; 4. Department of Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084; China
  • Received:2004-07-13 Revised:2004-09-08 Published:2005-09-20 Online:2005-09-20

Abstract: Photocatalytic titanium dioxide films coated on stainless steel webnet were prepared by a sol-gel route. SEM, XRD and TG-DTA were employed to characterize the samples. The effects of the films prepared with different proceedings on photoactivity were investigated by formaldehyde photodegradation, such as the molecular weight of PEG, the amount of PEG, moisture content, the thickness of the films and the annealing temperatures. The formaldehyde photodegradation ratio can reach above 90% by the TiO2-based films. XRD patterns and SEM observation indicate that the TiO2 films with mesoporous structure are composed of mixed rutile and anatase crystals.

Key words: sol-gel route, titanium dioxide films, formaldehyde, photocatalysis

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