synthesis and characterization of k-ta mixed oxides for hydrogen generation in photocatalysis合成和表征k-ta混合氧化物光催化的氢生成.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 2012, Article ID 525727, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/525727 Research Article Synthesis and Characterization of K-Ta Mixed Oxides for Hydrogen Generation in Photocatalysis ´ Beata Zielinska, Ewa Mijowska, and Ryszard J. Kalenczuk Institute of Chemical and Environment Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Beata Zielinska, bzielinska@.pl Received 27 February 2012; Accepted 16 April 2012 Academic Editor: Ignazio Bellobono ´ Copyright © 2012 Beata Zielinska et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. K-Ta mixed oxides photocatalysts have been prepared by impregnation followed by calcination. The influence of the reaction ◦ ◦ temperature (450 C–900 C) on the phase formation, crystal morphology, and photocatalytic activity in hydrogen generation of the produced materials was investigated. The detailed analysis has revealed that all products exhibit high crystallinity and irregular structure. Moreover, two different crystal structures of potassium tantalates such as KTaO and K Ta O were obtained. It was also 3 2 4 11 ◦