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Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Pt-modified TiO2 Pillared Bentonite

LI Yi-Min1,2; LU Yue-Qing1; QIU Huan-Huan1; LIU Ying2; LI Hai-Yang2,3   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry; Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences; Shaoxing 312000; China; 2. Laboratory of Environment Spectroscopy; Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031; 3. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics; Dalian 116023; China
  • Received:2004-07-01 Revised:2004-10-10 Published:2005-07-20 Online:2005-07-20

Abstract: TiO2 pillared bentonite (TiO2-PILC) was prepared with an intercalation of polynuclear titanium complex formed by reaction of Ti(i-C3H7O)4 and acetic acid. TiO2 pillared bentonites modified with
platinum (Pt-TiO2-PILCs) were carried out via the photodeposition method. Characteristics of the pillared bentonites were examined by XRD, BET, TEM. TiO2-PILC and Pt-TiO2-PILCs were used
as composite photocatalysts in photocatalytic degradation of sodium pentachlorophenate(PCP-Na). The results indicate that all the pillared bentonites contain TiO2 in the anatase phase and with
a mean crystallite size of TiO2 about 5nm. The photocatalytic activities of Pt-TiO2-PILCs are superior to that of TiO2-PILC. In addition, the experiments also illustrate that the composite photocatalysts
can be easily recovered, regenerated and reused.

Key words: TiO2 pillared bentonite, platinum, photodeposition method, photocatalytic activity, sodium pentachlorophenate

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