The nanocomposite materials containing rare earths, titanium dioxide and clay (RE/TiO2/Clay) were characterized and tested for the photocatalytic decomposition of formaldehyde. The results show that nanocomposite mate...The nanocomposite materials containing rare earths, titanium dioxide and clay (RE/TiO2/Clay) were characterized and tested for the photocatalytic decomposition of formaldehyde. The results show that nanocomposite materials prepared by doping appropriate rare earth elements have better photocatalytic properties than that prepared by doping excessive rare earth elements. The photocatalytic mechanism of composite materials was studied by integrating the theory of pho-tocatalysis with experiment results. Because the site of photocatalytic reaction was limited in the interspace of clay, photocatalytic reaction occurred by two steps: firstly, organic molecules dispersed into the interlayers of clay; secondly, organic molecules and photocatalyst of RE/TiO2 occurred photocatalytic reaction, resulting in forming carbon dioxide.展开更多
TiO2/V2O5 catalyst doped with rare earth ions was prepared by sol-gel method. Titanium tetrapropoxide and vanadium pentoxide were used as precursor of the composite catalyst and rare earth ions were used as dopant. Th...TiO2/V2O5 catalyst doped with rare earth ions was prepared by sol-gel method. Titanium tetrapropoxide and vanadium pentoxide were used as precursor of the composite catalyst and rare earth ions were used as dopant. The crystal phases, crystalline sizes, microstructure, absorption spectra of doped composite catalyst were studied by XRD, EDS, FT-IR and UV-Vis. Photoactivity of the prepared catalyst under ultraviolet irradiation were evaluated by degradation of methyl orange （MO） in aqueous solution. It is shown that the prepared catalyst is composed of anatase and futile. The rare earth ions are highly dispersed in composite catalyst. All the doped catalysts appear higher photocatalytic activity than TiO2/V2O5 catalyst and catalyst doped with Ce^4＋ present the best activity to MO.展开更多
Microporous titanium dioxide films were prepared by the sol-gel methods on glass substrates, using tetrabutyl titanate as source material. In order to absorb the visible light and increase the photocatalytic activitie...Microporous titanium dioxide films were prepared by the sol-gel methods on glass substrates, using tetrabutyl titanate as source material. In order to absorb the visible light and increase the photocatalytic activities, different concentrations of neodymium ions (Nd/Ti molar ratio was 0.5%, 0.7%, 0.9%, and 1.1% respectively) were added into the sol. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectros-copy (XPS), and atom force microscopy (AFM) were applied to characterize the modified films. A kind of typical textile industry pollutant (Rhodamine B) was used to evaluate the photocatalytic activities of the films under visible light. The results showed that the activities of the films were improved by doping Nd ions into the sol.展开更多
Mixed rare earth elements were incorporated into alumina ceramic materials. Hot-pressing was used to fabricate alumina matrix composites in nitrogen atmosphere protection. Microstructures and mechanical properties of ...Mixed rare earth elements were incorporated into alumina ceramic materials. Hot-pressing was used to fabricate alumina matrix composites in nitrogen atmosphere protection. Microstructures and mechanical properties of the composites were tested. It was indicated that the bending strength and fracture toughness of alumina matrix ceramic composites sintered at 1550 ℃ and 28 MPa for 30 min were improved evidently. Besides mixed rare earth elements acting as a toughening phase, AlTiC master alloys were also added in as sintering assistants, which could prompt the formation of transient liquid phase, and thus nitrides of rare earth elements were produced. All of the above were beneficial for improving the mechanical properties of alumina matrix ceramic composites.展开更多
Layered nanocomposite materials containing rare earth elements, titanium dioxide and bentonite (RE/TiO_2/Bent) were prepared by ion exchange technique with titanium tetrachloride and cerium nitrate as main precursors,...Layered nanocomposite materials containing rare earth elements, titanium dioxide and bentonite (RE/TiO_2/Bent) were prepared by ion exchange technique with titanium tetrachloride and cerium nitrate as main precursors, and ethanol absolute as solvent. Their preparation, technical parameters, and mechanism of rare earth elements were studied. The results show that the interplanar distance d_ 100 of bentonite increases from 0.96781 nm of original bentonite to 1.88655 nm when ethanol absolute acts as solvent. The interaction between rare earth ions and titanium ions has an effect on titanium ions exchange. When Ce/Ti (in molar ratio)=0.1, rare earth elements are advantageous to the transfer of titanium ions to the interlayers of bentonite; when Ce/Ti=0.2, the action of rare earth elements is not evident; when Ce/Ti=0.4, the rare earth elements are disadvantageous to the preparation of nanocomposite materials.展开更多
Mixed rare earth elements were incorporated into alumina ceramic materials. Hot-pressing was used to fabricate alumina matrix composites with nitrogen atmosphere protection. Microstructures and mechanical properties o...Mixed rare earth elements were incorporated into alumina ceramic materials. Hot-pressing was used to fabricate alumina matrix composites with nitrogen atmosphere protection. Microstructures and mechanical properties of the composites were tested. It is indicates that the bending strength and fracture toughness of alumina matrix ceramic composites sintered at 1550℃ and 28 MPa for 30 min are improved evidently. Based on mixed rare earth elements acting as a toughening phase, AlTiC master alloys were also added in as sintering assistant, which could prompt the formation of transient liquid phase, and thus nitrides of rare earth elements were produced. All the above are beneficial to the improvement of mechanical properties of alumina matrix ceramic composites.展开更多
An inorganic nanomaterials combination of Sm, Ag, and TiO2 was synthesized using supercritical fluid drying （SCFD） combined with solgel techniques. The structure, photocatalysis and bacteriostatic activity of the ma...An inorganic nanomaterials combination of Sm, Ag, and TiO2 was synthesized using supercritical fluid drying （SCFD） combined with solgel techniques. The structure, photocatalysis and bacteriostatic activity of the materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XRPS）, photocatalytic performance, and antibacterial activity experiments. The XRD results showed that the average particle diameter of Sm/Ag/TiO2 was 14.62 nm and Ag and Sm ions were dispersed on the surface of TiO2 in a highly dispersed, amorphous form. The TEM image showed that the size of the particle was 12 nm using the scherer formula. The XPS result showed that the element Sm was doped and Ag was loaded inorganic nanomaterials successfully. Sm/Ag/TiO2 exhibited optimal photocatalytic properties at 600 oC, the photocatalytic optimal proportion of Sm/Ag/TiO2 was 2：2：100. When the molar ratio was 2：2：100, the bacteriostatic circle diameter was 16 mm for Staphylococcus aureus, the minimum bacteriostatic concentration was 200μg/mL for white beads coccus, and the minimum bactericidal concentration was 2×10^4μg/mL for white beads coccus. The SEM results showed that the antibacterial material attached to the candida albicans cell surface, cells appeared fold deformation. Therefore the inorganic nanomaterials Sm/Ag/TiO2 had high temperature resistance, good photocatalytic and antibacterial characteristics in visible light.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Science Foundation of Hebei Province China (503067)
文摘The nanocomposite materials containing rare earths, titanium dioxide and clay (RE/TiO2/Clay) were characterized and tested for the photocatalytic decomposition of formaldehyde. The results show that nanocomposite materials prepared by doping appropriate rare earth elements have better photocatalytic properties than that prepared by doping excessive rare earth elements. The photocatalytic mechanism of composite materials was studied by integrating the theory of pho-tocatalysis with experiment results. Because the site of photocatalytic reaction was limited in the interspace of clay, photocatalytic reaction occurred by two steps: firstly, organic molecules dispersed into the interlayers of clay; secondly, organic molecules and photocatalyst of RE/TiO2 occurred photocatalytic reaction, resulting in forming carbon dioxide.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50571003)
文摘TiO2/V2O5 catalyst doped with rare earth ions was prepared by sol-gel method. Titanium tetrapropoxide and vanadium pentoxide were used as precursor of the composite catalyst and rare earth ions were used as dopant. The crystal phases, crystalline sizes, microstructure, absorption spectra of doped composite catalyst were studied by XRD, EDS, FT-IR and UV-Vis. Photoactivity of the prepared catalyst under ultraviolet irradiation were evaluated by degradation of methyl orange （MO） in aqueous solution. It is shown that the prepared catalyst is composed of anatase and futile. The rare earth ions are highly dispersed in composite catalyst. All the doped catalysts appear higher photocatalytic activity than TiO2/V2O5 catalyst and catalyst doped with Ce^4＋ present the best activity to MO.
基金Project supported by the State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (HIT 08UWQA05) and National Key Laboratory of Vacuum and Cryogenics Technology and Physics (9140C550201060C55)
文摘Microporous titanium dioxide films were prepared by the sol-gel methods on glass substrates, using tetrabutyl titanate as source material. In order to absorb the visible light and increase the photocatalytic activities, different concentrations of neodymium ions (Nd/Ti molar ratio was 0.5%, 0.7%, 0.9%, and 1.1% respectively) were added into the sol. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectros-copy (XPS), and atom force microscopy (AFM) were applied to characterize the modified films. A kind of typical textile industry pollutant (Rhodamine B) was used to evaluate the photocatalytic activities of the films under visible light. The results showed that the activities of the films were improved by doping Nd ions into the sol.
基金the Outstanding Young Scientist Rewards of Shandong Province (05BS04008)the Natural Science Fund of Shandong Province (Y2007F29)
文摘Mixed rare earth elements were incorporated into alumina ceramic materials. Hot-pressing was used to fabricate alumina matrix composites in nitrogen atmosphere protection. Microstructures and mechanical properties of the composites were tested. It was indicated that the bending strength and fracture toughness of alumina matrix ceramic composites sintered at 1550 ℃ and 28 MPa for 30 min were improved evidently. Besides mixed rare earth elements acting as a toughening phase, AlTiC master alloys were also added in as sintering assistants, which could prompt the formation of transient liquid phase, and thus nitrides of rare earth elements were produced. All of the above were beneficial for improving the mechanical properties of alumina matrix ceramic composites.
文摘Layered nanocomposite materials containing rare earth elements, titanium dioxide and bentonite (RE/TiO_2/Bent) were prepared by ion exchange technique with titanium tetrachloride and cerium nitrate as main precursors, and ethanol absolute as solvent. Their preparation, technical parameters, and mechanism of rare earth elements were studied. The results show that the interplanar distance d_ 100 of bentonite increases from 0.96781 nm of original bentonite to 1.88655 nm when ethanol absolute acts as solvent. The interaction between rare earth ions and titanium ions has an effect on titanium ions exchange. When Ce/Ti (in molar ratio)=0.1, rare earth elements are advantageous to the transfer of titanium ions to the interlayers of bentonite; when Ce/Ti=0.2, the action of rare earth elements is not evident; when Ce/Ti=0.4, the rare earth elements are disadvantageous to the preparation of nanocomposite materials.
文摘Mixed rare earth elements were incorporated into alumina ceramic materials. Hot-pressing was used to fabricate alumina matrix composites with nitrogen atmosphere protection. Microstructures and mechanical properties of the composites were tested. It is indicates that the bending strength and fracture toughness of alumina matrix ceramic composites sintered at 1550℃ and 28 MPa for 30 min are improved evidently. Based on mixed rare earth elements acting as a toughening phase, AlTiC master alloys were also added in as sintering assistant, which could prompt the formation of transient liquid phase, and thus nitrides of rare earth elements were produced. All the above are beneficial to the improvement of mechanical properties of alumina matrix ceramic composites.
基金support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21968013)Fundamental Research Project of Yunnan Province,China(No.202201AT070229)Kunming University of Technology High-level Talent Platform Construction Project of Science and Technology,China(No.KKKP201752023).
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(21346006)National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Major Project(201310222013)+3 种基金the Department of Scientific Research Projects in Heilongjiang Province(B201015)Scientific Research Project in Heilongjiang Province’s Department of Education(125418211254178312543078)
文摘An inorganic nanomaterials combination of Sm, Ag, and TiO2 was synthesized using supercritical fluid drying （SCFD） combined with solgel techniques. The structure, photocatalysis and bacteriostatic activity of the materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XRPS）, photocatalytic performance, and antibacterial activity experiments. The XRD results showed that the average particle diameter of Sm/Ag/TiO2 was 14.62 nm and Ag and Sm ions were dispersed on the surface of TiO2 in a highly dispersed, amorphous form. The TEM image showed that the size of the particle was 12 nm using the scherer formula. The XPS result showed that the element Sm was doped and Ag was loaded inorganic nanomaterials successfully. Sm/Ag/TiO2 exhibited optimal photocatalytic properties at 600 oC, the photocatalytic optimal proportion of Sm/Ag/TiO2 was 2：2：100. When the molar ratio was 2：2：100, the bacteriostatic circle diameter was 16 mm for Staphylococcus aureus, the minimum bacteriostatic concentration was 200μg/mL for white beads coccus, and the minimum bactericidal concentration was 2×10^4μg/mL for white beads coccus. The SEM results showed that the antibacterial material attached to the candida albicans cell surface, cells appeared fold deformation. Therefore the inorganic nanomaterials Sm/Ag/TiO2 had high temperature resistance, good photocatalytic and antibacterial characteristics in visible light.
