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Hans Journal of Nanotechnology 纳米技术, 2014, 4, 8-11 /10.12677/nat.2014.41002 Published Online February 2014 (/journal/nat.html) Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of Lithium Fluoride Modified TiO2 Hao Liu1, Dafeng Yu1, Yuwen Bao2, Yun Gao2, Xiaohong Xia2* 1Faculty of Physics and Electronic Technology, Hubei University, Wuhan 2Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan Email: *xhxia@ Received: Jan. 22nd, 2014; revised: Feb. 10th, 2014; accepted: Feb. 14th, 2014 Copyright ? 2014 Hao Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unre- stricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In accordance of the Creative Commons At- tribution License all Copyrights ? 2014 are reserved for Hans and the owner of the intellectual property Hao Liu et al. All Copyright ? 2014 are guarded by law and by Hans as a guardian. Abstract: LiF was used to modify the photocatalytic property of TiO2 powders considering the special functionality of Li and F ions. The sample is obtained by hydrothermal method using TiO2 powder and LiF solution with different mole ratios. The samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS). XPS results showed that F ions exist in the samples, no Li ion was detected due to the measuring limitation of XPS. Photocatalytic property of the samples was tested by the degradation of methyl blue. The best photocatalytic activity was realized with LiF and TiO2 molar ratio of 1:1, the degradation rate is nearly eighty percent after 250 minutes. XPS results reve