Journal Article

Preparation of ZnO-Zn2 TiO4 Sol Composite Films and Its Photocatalytic Activities

Shao, Guangjie, Cui, Li, Qin, Xiujuan

2013

Overview

Ti-doped ZnO sol-composite films were prepared on the glass substrate by the two-step sol-gel technique. X-ray diffraction, Uv-Vis spectrophotometer, and FS spectrum of composite films were used to help make structure characterization and optical performance testing. The results showed that the composite was a mixture of ZnO + Zn sub(2) TiO sub(4) . Because of synergistic effect of both semiconductor oxides, composite films had a wide range of spectral response in the visible region, and the absorption band edge was about 510 nm, and the Green Belt of composite films luminous significantly enhanced. Photocatalytic oxidation experiments showed that using the composite films treatment (16.5 ml, l0 mg/L methyl orange aqueous solution)/cm super(2) , the decolorization rate of methyl-orange was 90% after 3 hours irradiation.

• Subject: Decoloring