High thermally stable mesoporous alumina doped with lanthanum was synthesized using inorganic nitrates as precursors and employing pluronic P123 （P123, （EO20PO70EO20, EO=ethylene oxide, PO=propylene oxide）） as a s...High thermally stable mesoporous alumina doped with lanthanum was synthesized using inorganic nitrates as precursors and employing pluronic P123 （P123, （EO20PO70EO20, EO=ethylene oxide, PO=propylene oxide）） as a structure-directing agent. After calcination at 400 oC, the resultant lanthanum doped alumina exhibited aγ-Al2O3 phase, which was the same as pure alumina. After the thermal treatment up to 1200 oC, La-doped Al2O3 generated only one phase ofθ-Al2O3 rather than two mixed phase ofθ-Al2O3 andα-Al2O3 and the surface area could still maintain 101 m2/g with a keeping pore volume of 0.66 cm3/g. The excellent thermal sta-bility was explained by the titration of strong Lewis acid sites ofγ-Al2O3 with the assistance of highly dispersed lanthanum species covering on alumina. Furthermore, the lanthanum modified mesoporous alumina was preliminarily employed as a stable support for Pd in the catalytic oxidation of C3H8.展开更多
Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure has been constructed by loading corner-truncated cubic Ag2O on the TiO2 hollow nanofibers via an electrospinning-precipitation method. Compared to individual Ag2O and TiO2, Ag2O/TiO2 heterost...Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure has been constructed by loading corner-truncated cubic Ag2O on the TiO2 hollow nanofibers via an electrospinning-precipitation method. Compared to individual Ag2O and TiO2, Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure exhibits obviously enhanced photocatalytic activity for the photodegradation of methyl orange(MO) under visible light irradiation. The composite with molar ratio of Ag2O to TiO2 at 4:10 exhibits the best photocatalytic performance with MO degraded 93% in 6 min. The superior activity is mainly attributed to the surface plasmon resonance(SPR) effect of metallic Ag in-situ produced during the photocatalytic process, which can favor electron transfer to the conduction band of TiO2. This leads to the efficient separation of photogenerated carriers, thus a superior photodegradation activity. Moreover, the energy band alignments of Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure are calculated, which provides strong support for the proposed mechanism.展开更多
基金support by National Natural Science Foundation of China(21073039)Natural Science Foundation of Fujian,China(2013J05025)
文摘High thermally stable mesoporous alumina doped with lanthanum was synthesized using inorganic nitrates as precursors and employing pluronic P123 （P123, （EO20PO70EO20, EO=ethylene oxide, PO=propylene oxide）） as a structure-directing agent. After calcination at 400 oC, the resultant lanthanum doped alumina exhibited aγ-Al2O3 phase, which was the same as pure alumina. After the thermal treatment up to 1200 oC, La-doped Al2O3 generated only one phase ofθ-Al2O3 rather than two mixed phase ofθ-Al2O3 andα-Al2O3 and the surface area could still maintain 101 m2/g with a keeping pore volume of 0.66 cm3/g. The excellent thermal sta-bility was explained by the titration of strong Lewis acid sites ofγ-Al2O3 with the assistance of highly dispersed lanthanum species covering on alumina. Furthermore, the lanthanum modified mesoporous alumina was preliminarily employed as a stable support for Pd in the catalytic oxidation of C3H8.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21407025)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2016J01047)New Century Talent Project of Fujian Province,the Projects of Fujian Provincial Department of Education(JT180350)。
文摘Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure has been constructed by loading corner-truncated cubic Ag2O on the TiO2 hollow nanofibers via an electrospinning-precipitation method. Compared to individual Ag2O and TiO2, Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure exhibits obviously enhanced photocatalytic activity for the photodegradation of methyl orange(MO) under visible light irradiation. The composite with molar ratio of Ag2O to TiO2 at 4:10 exhibits the best photocatalytic performance with MO degraded 93% in 6 min. The superior activity is mainly attributed to the surface plasmon resonance(SPR) effect of metallic Ag in-situ produced during the photocatalytic process, which can favor electron transfer to the conduction band of TiO2. This leads to the efficient separation of photogenerated carriers, thus a superior photodegradation activity. Moreover, the energy band alignments of Ag2O/TiO2 heterostructure are calculated, which provides strong support for the proposed mechanism.
