Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis

Halogen elements, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, have attracted intensive interests in modification of TiO2 for photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. Compared to other metal and non-metal elements, halogens show 3-fold advantages, such as impr...

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Main Authors: Sun, Hongqi, Wang, Shaobin, Ang, Ming, Tade, Moses, Li, Qin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20992
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author Sun, Hongqi
Wang, Shaobin
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Li, Qin
author_facet Sun, Hongqi
Wang, Shaobin
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Li, Qin
author_sort Sun, Hongqi
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description Halogen elements, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, have attracted intensive interests in modification of TiO2 for photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. Compared to other metal and non-metal elements, halogens show 3-fold advantages, such as improvement of UV activity, various cations or anions for substitution of Ti4+ and/or O2− in the TiO2 matrix, narrowing the band gap of TiO2 and tuning the band position. In this paper synthesis, physicochemical properties, mechanism of visible response, and photocatalytic activities of halogen modified TiO2 are reviewed. It is found that introduction of a halogen element into TiO2 crystals could lead to the enhancement of surface acidity, formation of surface hydroxyl radicals, more active sites, creation of oxygen vacancies or Ti3+, narrowing the band gap and tuning the valence band position. As a consequence, halogen modified TiO2 exhibited high activity for organics oxidation under visible light radiation in aqueous and gas phases.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-209922017-09-13T13:46:48Z Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis Sun, Hongqi Wang, Shaobin Ang, Ming Tade, Moses Li, Qin Halogen elements, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, have attracted intensive interests in modification of TiO2 for photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. Compared to other metal and non-metal elements, halogens show 3-fold advantages, such as improvement of UV activity, various cations or anions for substitution of Ti4+ and/or O2− in the TiO2 matrix, narrowing the band gap of TiO2 and tuning the band position. In this paper synthesis, physicochemical properties, mechanism of visible response, and photocatalytic activities of halogen modified TiO2 are reviewed. It is found that introduction of a halogen element into TiO2 crystals could lead to the enhancement of surface acidity, formation of surface hydroxyl radicals, more active sites, creation of oxygen vacancies or Ti3+, narrowing the band gap and tuning the valence band position. As a consequence, halogen modified TiO2 exhibited high activity for organics oxidation under visible light radiation in aqueous and gas phases. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20992 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.069 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Sun, Hongqi
Wang, Shaobin
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Li, Qin
Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
title Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
title_full Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
title_fullStr Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
title_full_unstemmed Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
title_short Halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
title_sort halogen element modified titanium dioxide for visible light photocatalysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20992