Title :
Synthesis and Photocatalytic Application of Hierarchical Macroporous TiO2 with Mesocellular Foam Structure Using Eggshell Membrane as Template
Author :
Chen, Chao ; Long, Mingce ; Cai, Weimin ; Zhou, Baoxue
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
Macroporous TiO2 with mesocellular foam structure was prepared using eggshell membrane as a single template. The as-synthesized catalyst was characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption analysis, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. The results indicate that hierarchical porous structure exists in the as-synthesized TiO2 membrane. The mesocellular foam is composed of cell with diameter of about 20 nm and smaller window with diameter of 9 nm. It has been found that the macroporous structure of TiO2 obtained from eggshell membrane plays an important role in the photocatalytic performance.
Keywords :
X-ray diffraction; adsorption; biomembranes; catalysis; desorption; photochemistry; scanning electron microscopy; titanium compounds; TiO2; X-ray powder diffraction; adsorption-desorption analysis; eggshell membrane; hierarchical macroporous titania; mesocellular foam structure; photocatalytic application; scanning electron microscopy; Biomembranes; Chaos; Mesoporous materials; Network synthesis; Pollution; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface morphology; Temperature; Titanium; X-ray diffraction;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515623
