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高等学校化学研究 ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 846-850.doi: 10.1007/s40242-015-5019-0

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Template Synthesis and Characterization of Cu2O/TiO2 Coaxial Nanocable for Photocatalysis

WANG Hongzhi, LIU Ning, LU Jing, YAO Suwei, JIANG Shisheng, ZHANG Weiguo   

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
  • 收稿日期:2015-01-01 修回日期:2015-03-23 出版日期:2015-10-01 发布日期:2015-04-13
  • 通讯作者: ZHANG Weiguo, E-mail: zwg@tju.edu.cn E-mail:zwg@tju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China(No.11JCYBJC01900).

Template Synthesis and Characterization of Cu2O/TiO2 Coaxial Nanocable for Photocatalysis

WANG Hongzhi, LIU Ning, LU Jing, YAO Suwei, JIANG Shisheng, ZHANG Weiguo   

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
  • Received:2015-01-01 Revised:2015-03-23 Online:2015-10-01 Published:2015-04-13
  • Contact: ZHANG Weiguo, E-mail: zwg@tju.edu.cn E-mail:zwg@tju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China(No.11JCYBJC01900).

摘要:

Coaxial nanocable consisted of p-type Cu2O nanowires and n-type TiO2 nanotubes arrays was prepared in the porous anodic aluminum oxide(AAO) template via the sol-gel method and subsequent electrodeposition method. X-ray diffraction analysis identified an anatase structure of the TiO2 nanotubes and cubic structure of the Cu2O nanowires. The obtained samples were also characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS). The diffrence of open circuit potential of the coaxial nanocable electrode was larger than that of the TiO2 nanotubes electrode under ultraviolet illumination, which means doping with Cu2O could improve the photovoltage effectively. Meanwhile, nanocable arrays exhibited a high activity for photodegrading Rhodamine B under Xe lamp irradiation and the photocatalysis degradation efficiency was up to 98.69% after degradation for 7 h. The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to the high migration efficiency of photoinduced electrons, which may suppress the charge recombination effectively.

关键词: TiO2, Cu2O, Coaxial nanocable, Heterojunction, Photocatalysis

Abstract:

Coaxial nanocable consisted of p-type Cu2O nanowires and n-type TiO2 nanotubes arrays was prepared in the porous anodic aluminum oxide(AAO) template via the sol-gel method and subsequent electrodeposition method. X-ray diffraction analysis identified an anatase structure of the TiO2 nanotubes and cubic structure of the Cu2O nanowires. The obtained samples were also characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS). The diffrence of open circuit potential of the coaxial nanocable electrode was larger than that of the TiO2 nanotubes electrode under ultraviolet illumination, which means doping with Cu2O could improve the photovoltage effectively. Meanwhile, nanocable arrays exhibited a high activity for photodegrading Rhodamine B under Xe lamp irradiation and the photocatalysis degradation efficiency was up to 98.69% after degradation for 7 h. The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to the high migration efficiency of photoinduced electrons, which may suppress the charge recombination effectively.

Key words: TiO2, Cu2O, Coaxial nanocable, Heterojunction, Photocatalysis