Elaboration of Novel NanoparticulateTiO2-P25@n-TiO2 Composite for Photocatalysis

Authors

  • Guy Didier Fanou Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM-CNRS) - Université Paris 13 Nord, Institut Galilée, France
  • Benjamin Yao Laboratoire des Procédés de Synthèse, de l’Environnement et des Energies Nouvelles-LAPISEN; INP-HB; Cote d’Ivoire
  • Khley Cheng Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM-CNRS) - Université Paris 13 Nord, Institut Galilée, France
  • Ovidiu Brinza Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM-CNRS) - Université Paris 13 Nord, Institut Galilée, France
  • Mamadou Traoré Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM-CNRS) - Université Paris 13 Nord, Institut Galilée, France
  • Andrei Kanaev Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM-CNRS) - Université Paris 13 Nord, Institut Galilée, France
  • Khay Chhor Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM-CNRS) - Université Paris 13 Nord, Institut Galilée, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15379/2408-977X.2016.03.01.04

Keywords:

TiO2, Nanoparticles, Photocatalysis, Ethylene, Sol-gel

Abstract

A new mechanically stable TiO2-P25@n-TiO2 nanocoating was prepared after grafting of size-selected titanium-oxo-alkoxy particles on P25-TiO2 nanoparticles surface and their immobilization on a glass substrate followed by a thermal treatment. The 5-nm oxo-TiO2 particles were prepared in a sol-gel reactor with rapid reagents micromixing. The photocatalyst with 65% TiO2-P25 loading shows the highest activity towards ethylene degradation in a continuous-flow fixed-bed reactor. This material has a higher activity compared to that prepared by a conventional sol-gel method with strongly polydispersed titanium-oxo-alkoxy nanoparticles and clusters. The reaction conditions were explicitly analyzed along the reactor as a function of the ethylene concentration in framework of a kinetic model, which shows interplay between zero and first order processes

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