Rational design of carbon and TiO2 assembly materials: covered or strewn, which is better for photocatalysis?

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Jul 21;49(57):6415-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc42500b.

Abstract

The rational design of carbonaceous hybrid nanostructures is very important for obtaining high photoactivity. TiO2 particles strewn with an optimal quantity of carbon nanodots have a much higher photoactivity than that of TiO2 covered with a carbon layer, showing the importance of carbon morphology in the photocatalysis of carbonaceous hybrid nanostructures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Methylene Blue / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Photolysis
  • Titanium / chemistry*
  • Titanium / radiation effects
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry

Substances

  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • titanium dioxide
  • Carbon
  • Titanium
  • Methylene Blue