Hydrothermal Synthesis of Phthalocyanine Sensitization TiO₂ Nanowires

Abstract:

Phthalocyanine sensitization nano-TiO2 have been successfully synthesized by controlling TiO2's nuclear growth and CoPcTs adsorption simultaneously via a hydrothermal way by using TiO₂, NaOH and CoPcTs as raw materials. XRD, BET, TG-DTA and FI-IR were used to characterize the features of the as-synthesized phthalocyanine sensitization TiO₂ nanowires. The results showed that anatase nano- TiO₂ with phthalocyanine sensitization have been prepared after heat treatment and cyanine materials are easily decomposed when the temperature above 450 °C; the specific surface area TiO₂ and phthalocyanine sensitization nano-TiO₂ is 42.2 m²/g and 110.5 m²/g, respectively. Methyl orange dyes were chosen to test the photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared sample in this experiment, and it found that the loading of 1% wt CoPcTs was the best.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 531)
• Pages: 387-390
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.531.387
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Ling Ling Zhan, Hai Feng Chen, Jian Qiang Ye
• Keywords: CoPcTs, Methyl Orange (MO), Photocatalysis, Sensitize, TiO₂ Nanowires

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