Preparation and Photocatalytic Performance of TiO2/Modified Expandable Graphite Composite Material

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In this paper, TiO2/modified expandable graphite composite material was prepared through sol-gel method with the carrier of modified expandable graphite.The influence of this composite material prepared in different calcination environment and with different times of load on the effect of methyl orange solution’s photocatalytic degradation was studied. Results show that the photocatalytic effect is better by using the composite material with the same times of load in aerobic calcination than that in anaerobic calcination. In the same calcination environment, the photocatalytic effect with 5 times of load is better than that with 1, 2, 3 and 4 times of load. Whether in the aerobic calcination or in the anaerobic calcination, the photocatalytic effect is better if the composite material is loaded 5 times.

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