Issue 39, 2014

Hierarchical porous TiO2 templated from natural Artemia cyst shells for photocatalysis applications

Abstract

Novel hierarchical porous TiO2 is successfully synthesized through a sol–gel method, using a natural cyst shell as a hard template. The morphology characterization shows that the as-prepared TiO2 with a hierarchical porous architecture is assembled by multiple-layered porous nanosheets. The degradation of methylene blue dye in water can rapidly reach 96% with as-prepared TiO2 after 50 min, showing an improved photocatalytic efficiency of 13% as compared to commercial TiO2.

Graphical abstract: Hierarchical porous TiO2 templated from natural Artemia cyst shells for photocatalysis applications

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Feb 2014
Accepted
23 Apr 2014
First published
24 Apr 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 20393-20397

Author version available

Hierarchical porous TiO2 templated from natural Artemia cyst shells for photocatalysis applications

Y. Zhao, Y. He, J. He, Y. Ren, Z. Liu, W. Guo and F. Gao, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 20393 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA01192A

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