Preparation and photocatalytic properties of ilmenite NiTiO_3 powders for degradation of humic acid in water  

作　　者：Pei-hong Yuan Cai-mei Fan Guang-yue Ding Yun-fang Wang Xiao-chao Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Clean Technique for Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

出　　处：《International Journal of Minerals,Metallurgy and Materials》2012年第4期372-376,共5页矿物冶金与材料学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20876104,21176168);Science and Technology Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (No. 20090311082)

摘　　要：The powders of ilmenite structure NiTiO3 were prepared by a modified Pechini process using tetrabutyl titanate and nickel acetate as raw materials, and using citric acid and ethanol as a chelating agent and a solvent respectively. The powder samples were characterized by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis （TG-DTA） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. The photocatalytic activity of NiTiO3 under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays （UV） light was evaluated by degrading hurnic acid （HA） in water as a probe reaction. The possible photodegra- dation mechanism was studied by the examination of active species .OH, .O2, and holes （h＋） through adding scavengers. The TG-DTA and XRD results indicated that the good crystal structure of ilmenite phase NiTiO3 could be obtained when the Ni-Ti citrate complex was cal- cined at 600℃. The photocatalytic activity experiments indicated that NiTiO3 had favourable photocatalytic activity under the irradiation of UV light, and the photocatalytic degradation rate of HA reached 95.3% after a 2.5 h reaction with the photocatalyst calcined at 600℃ and a photocatalyst dosage of 0.4 g/L. The possible photocatalytic mechanism was deduced that holes （h＋） and .OH radicals are the major reactive active species in the photocatalytic reaction, and dissolved oxygen plays a weak role in the degradation of HA.The powders of ilmenite structure NiTiO3 were prepared by a modified Pechini process using tetrabutyl titanate and nickel acetate as raw materials, and using citric acid and ethanol as a chelating agent and a solvent respectively. The powder samples were characterized by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis （TG-DTA） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. The photocatalytic activity of NiTiO3 under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays （UV） light was evaluated by degrading hurnic acid （HA） in water as a probe reaction. The possible photodegra- dation mechanism was studied by the examination of active species .OH, .O2, and holes （h＋） through adding scavengers. The TG-DTA and XRD results indicated that the good crystal structure of ilmenite phase NiTiO3 could be obtained when the Ni-Ti citrate complex was cal- cined at 600℃. The photocatalytic activity experiments indicated that NiTiO3 had favourable photocatalytic activity under the irradiation of UV light, and the photocatalytic degradation rate of HA reached 95.3% after a 2.5 h reaction with the photocatalyst calcined at 600℃ and a photocatalyst dosage of 0.4 g/L. The possible photocatalytic mechanism was deduced that holes （h＋） and .OH radicals are the major reactive active species in the photocatalytic reaction, and dissolved oxygen plays a weak role in the degradation of HA.

关 键 词：photocatalysis nickel titanate DEGRADATION humic acid water treatment 

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