Various types of semiconductor photocatalysts modified by CdTe QDs and Pt NPs for toluene photooxidation in the gas phase under visible light

Martyna Marchelek; Ewelina Grabowska; Tomasz Klimczuk; W. Lisowski; A. Zaleska-Medynska

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.009

Various types of semiconductor photocatalysts modified by CdTe QDs and Pt NPs for toluene photooxidation in the gas phase under visible light

Abstract

A novel synthesis process was used to prepare TiO2 microspheres, TiO2 P-25, SrTiO3 and KTaO3 decorated by CdTe QDs and/or Pt NPs. The effect of semiconductor matrix, presence of CdTe QDs and/or Pt NPs on the semiconductor surface as well as deposition technique of Pt NPs (photodeposition or radiolysis) on the photocatalytic activity were investigated. The as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffractometry (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photoluminescence spectrometry (PL), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and Raman spectra, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and BET surface area analysis. The photocatalytic decomposition of toluene in gas phase, activated by light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with the CdTe/Pt nanoparticles-modified TiO2 microspheres, P25, SrTiO3 and KTaO3 semiconductors was investigated under UV–vis and visible irradiation.The results showed that the photoactivity depends on semiconductor matrix. The highest photoactivity under Vis light was observed for KTaO3/CdTe-Pt(R) sample (56% of toluene was decompose after 30 min of irradiation). The efficiency of the most active sample was 3 times higher than result for P25 and two times higher than for unmodified KTaO3.

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Martyna Marchelek mgr inż.
- Uniwersytet Gdański
Ewelina Grabowska Dr.
- Uniwersytet Gdański
Tomasz Klimczuk prof. dr hab. inż.
W. Lisowski
- Instytut Chemii Fizycznej PAN
A. Zaleska-Medynska
- Uniwersytet Gdański

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE no. 393, pages 262 - 275,
ISSN: 0169-4332
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2017
Bibliographic description:: Marchelek M., Grabowska E., Klimczuk T., Lisowski W., Zaleska-Medynska A.: Various types of semiconductor photocatalysts modified by CdTe QDs and Pt NPs for toluene photooxidation in the gas phase under visible light// APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE. -Vol. 393, (2017), s.262-275
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.009
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