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The Effect of Titanium Oxyfluoride Morphology on Photocatalytic Activity of Fluorine-Doped Titanium(IV) Oxide
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Titanium oxyfluoride (TiOF2) is a metastable product that can be obtained in a fluorine-rich environment. This material can also be a valuable precursor in the synthesis of titanium(IV) oxide (TiO2). However, the effect of TiOF2 morphology on the physicochemical properties of TiO2 has not been studied so far. In this work, single-phase TiOF2 was prepared by a solvothermal method. The as-synthesized samples exhibited a variety of morphologies, including different shapes and crystallite sizes. These materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), surface area measurements, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DR/UV–vis). Furthermore, TiOF2 samples were used as precursors in the synthesis of fluorine-doped titanium(IV) oxide and applied in photocatalytic phenol degradation under UV-vis light. The experiments showed that the crystallite size of the precursor, as well as the number of fluoride ions used in the synthesis, were the predominant factors that affected the photocatalytic activity of the final photocatalyst.
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Crystals
no. 13,
ISSN: 2073-4352 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2023
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- Kowalkińska M., Karczewski J., Zielińska-Jurek A.: The Effect of Titanium Oxyfluoride Morphology on Photocatalytic Activity of Fluorine-Doped Titanium(IV) Oxide// Crystals -,iss. 2 (2023), s.356-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/cryst13020356
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