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Vol.12 No.2 2007 367-371 Article ID: 1007-1202(2007)02-0367-05 DOI 10.1007/s11859-006-0008-2 Preparation of Rectorite-TiO and Its 2 Application in the Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Dye Wastewater □ DENG Deming, NIE Qiyang, CHENG Kang, 0 Introduction LI Fugui, GAN Fuxing† School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan At present, among the semiconductor catalysts used University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China in heterogeneous photocatalysis reactions, titanium di- oxide is the most practical because of its non-toxicity, Abstract: A photocatalyst consisting of TiO2 powder and rec- high catalytic activity, strong oxidizing capability, and torite was prepared and activated utilizing solar light and used for good stability[1]. However, it also has several essential degradation of simulated dye wastewater (methyl solution). The technical difficulties that restrict its large-scale industrial effects of roasting temperature, the way of adding rectorite, and application. The first is its low quantum efficiency (less the amount of the rectorite on the photocatalytic activity have been investigated. The results indicated that rectorite-TiO2 photocatalyst than 4%),