Enhanced visible-light activity of titania via confinement inside carbon nanotubes
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ArticleKAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterAdvanced Nanofabrication, Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
Catalysis for Energy Conversion (CatEC)
Chemical Engineering Program
Chemical Science Program
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Core Labs
Extreme Computing Research Center
Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2011-09-28Permanent link to this record
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Titania confined inside carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was synthesized using a restrained hydrolysis method. Raman spectra and magnetic measurements using a SQUID magnetometer suggested the formation of remarkable oxygen vacancies over the encapsulated TiO 2 in comparison with nanoparticles dispersed on the outer surface of CNTs, extending the photoresponse of TiO 2 from the UV to the visible-light region. The CNT-confined TiO 2 exhibited improved visible-light activity in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) relative to the outside titania and commercial P25, which is attributed to the modification of the electronic structure of TiO 2 induced by the unique confinement inside CNTs. These results provide further insight into the effect of confinement within CNTs, and the composites are expected to be promising for applications in visible-light photocatalysis. © 2011 American Chemical Society.Citation
Chen, W., Fan, Z., Zhang, B., Ma, G., Takanabe, K., Zhang, X., & Lai, Z. (2011). Enhanced Visible-Light Activity of Titania via Confinement inside Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(38), 14896–14899. doi:10.1021/ja205997xSponsors
We thank Dr. Y. Yang, Q. Wang, and X. Liu from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for their help with Raman spectroscopy, TEM, and drawing, respectively. We also acknowledge the faculty distribution fund of KAUST.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)PubMed ID
21894970ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/ja205997x
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Articles; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division; Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center; Imaging and Characterization Core Lab; Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Extreme Computing Research Center; Chemical Science Program; Chemical Engineering Program; Material Science and Engineering Program; KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC); Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionRelated articles
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