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Enhanced visible light-driven photodegradation of rhodamine B by Ti3+ self-doped TiO2@Ag nanoparticles prepared using Ti vapor annealing

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In recent years, Ti3+ self-doped TiO2 (B-TiO2) exhibits great potential as a photocatalyst. In this work, Ti vapor-assisted annealing is first demonstrated for Ti3+ doping and improving the visible absorption of TiO2. TEM results exhibit the formation of disordered layer, indicating the successful fabricating of B-TiO2. The absorption increase in TiO2 caused by Ti vapor annealing reaches nearly 50% in the visible wavelength range. Benefiting from the absorption increase, the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 after Ti vapor annealing increases by 60–70%. Surface modification of Ag onto B-TiO2 is also carried out to further improve its optical property. Ag-modified Ti3+ self-doped TiO2 (B-TiO2@Ag) exhibits great visible photodegradation behavior to RhB. The RhB degradation rate reaches 97.76% after 60 min of visible light irradiation. Electrochemical performance tests demonstrate that as-prepared TiO2@Ag has lower resistance than W-TiO2. The results indicate that B-TiO2@Ag has great potential in solar photocatalytic degradation of pollutant.

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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (61774084), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3082017NP2017106), Joint Frontier Research Project of Jiangsu Province (BY2016003-09), the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX18_0273), and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Wangyang Yang, Honglie Shen & Jiawei Ge

  2. College of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Analysis and Testing Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Huihua Min

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Yang, W., Shen, H., Min, H. et al. Enhanced visible light-driven photodegradation of rhodamine B by Ti3+ self-doped TiO2@Ag nanoparticles prepared using Ti vapor annealing. J Mater Sci 55, 701–712 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03996-6

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