Fabrication and Photocatalytic Performance of Neodymium-doped Molecularly Imprinted Titanium Dioxide with Salicylic Acid as Template Molecule
ZHAN Changchao1,2, CAO Xiaohua1,2, JIN Wenxiong1, YE Zhigang1,2, XIE Baohua1,2, XU Jianxing1, ZHOU Ronghui1
1 College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005 2 Jiangxi Province Engineering Research Center of Ecological Chemical Industry, Jiujiang 332005
Abstract: This contribution presents the fabrication, characterization and photocatalytic performance evaluation of neodymium-doped molecularly imprinted titanium dioxide (NMT) which is expected to serve as photocatalysts for organic compounds degradation in aqueous solution. We prepared a series of NMT samples via a sol-gel process, which differed in calcination temperature and Nd doping amount, by using salicylic acid (SA) as template, tetrabutyl titanate as titanium source and neodymium nitrate as dopant. The characterization of the resultant samples was carried out by means of XRD, SEM, TEM, ICP-AES, EDS, XPS, FT-IR, N2 adsorption-desorption (BET model) and UV-Vis DRS. Moreover, we investigated the photocatalytic activities of the products toward the template molecules (SA), under both UV and visible light irradiations, and with various calcination temperatures, various Nd doping amounts, and various initial pH values of SA solution. The experimental results confirmed the single anatase phase composition of NMT, and a highly porous structure induced by accumulation of grain clusters and template removal. All the NMT samples displayed the photocatalytic activities much higher than those of undoped molecularly imprinted TiO2 and ordinary (non-imprinted) TiO2 for the degradation reaction of the template molecule (SA). The NMT sample with molar ratio of Nd/TiO2 of 0.30% and calcination tempe-rature of 550 ℃ exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity, as it could achieve a 86.4% (within 70 min) degradation rate and a 97.96% (within 30 h) degradation rate for SA aqueous solution (initial concentration 20 mg/L, initial pH=4), under UV and visible irradiations, respectively. In addition, the degradation rate could remain above 83.02% within 4 times of reuse under UV irradiation.
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