纳米autio2石墨烯光催化剂的制备及其催化性能的研究-preparation and catalytic performance of nano - autio _ 2 graphene photocatalyst.docxVIP

Abstract Abstract PAGE PAGE IV III III As a new pollution control technology, photocatalytic treatment has received considerable attention for its environment-friendly way on sewage treatment. TiO2 has been intensively studied as a novel low-cost, stable and environment-friendly material on water purification. However, low quantum yields of TiO2 prevent it from practical applications in the photocatalytic degradation for organic pollutants. Deposition of noble metal nanoparticles is of the effect methods to enhance the photocatalytic properties of TiO2. In this thesis, investigations have been carried out on the preparation and photocatalytic properties of Au/TiO2 and Au/graphene nanocomposites. Tetra-n-butyl titanate was used to synthesize a precursor titania (TiO2) gel by sol-gel method, which was successfully employed to prepare TiO2 powders by calcination at variant temperatures. Chloroauric acid (HAuCl4) and titania (TiO2) were used to synthesize Au/TiO2 nanocomposites as starting materials, and the effect of Au loading method, calcination conditions, catalyst substrates and light source on the photocatalytic properties were studied through the photolytic decomposition of methyl orange. The reduction of HAuCl4 by tetrakis(hydroxylmethyl)phosphonium chloride (THPC) was used to immobilize Au nanoparticles on the anatase phase TiO2, which was compared with the normal deposition-precipitation (DP) method. SEM, EDX, and UV-vis characterizations indicate that the THPC-Au/TiO2 has a larger loading of Au and lower consumption of HAuCl4 than the DP-Au/TiO2, since a part of HAuCl4 was directly deposited in forms of solid Au and/or Au oxide/hydroxide during the DP process instead of incorporation with TiO2. The UV-vis analysis on the photolytic degradation of methyl orange reveals that the THPC-Au/TiO2 nanocom- posites exhibit a significant enhancement of the photocatalytic activity comparing with the DP-Au/TiO2, and the pure anatase TiO2 support presents a