Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Fe³⁺-TiO₂-CTAB Nanostructured Films

Abstract:

Fe³⁺-TiO₂-CTAB nanostructured films were prepared by self-assembly technique, using surfactant cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). The properties of the samples were examined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-Vis spectrophotometry, respectively. The crystalline phase of the sample calcined at 450°C is mostly anatase-TiO₂ (A) accompanied by a small amount of rutile-TiO₂ (R). No significant characteristic peaks of iron oxide were detected in the XRD patterns, it suggested that Fe³⁺ ions incorporated into the TiO₂ skeleton and composed the mesoporous structures with TiO₂ uniformly. Fe³⁺-TiO₂-CTAB nanofilms exhibited higher photocatalytic activity under the effect Fe³⁺ of and CTAB.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 924)
• Pages: 41-45
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.924.41
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Chun Xiao Yue, Jun Shen*, Peng Ding, Lan Fang Yao
• Keywords: CTAB, Fe³⁺-TiO₂, Film, Photocatalytic Activity

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