Enhancement of Photocatalytic Performance with Metal Oxide V2O5 Catalyst Under Different Light Source Illumination

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasar Zengin ◽  
Gulin Selda Pozan Soylu
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Light Source ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Source Illumination ◽  
V2o5 Catalyst

scholarly journals Exterior and Internal Uniform Loading of Pt Nanoparticles on Yolk-Shell La2O3 by Acoustic Levitation Synthesis with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Qin ◽  
Qing Chang ◽  
Yinkai Yu ◽  
Hongjing Wu
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Metal Nanoparticles ◽  
Noble Metal ◽  
Shell Structure ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Chemical Interaction ◽  
Pt Nanoparticles ◽  
Noble Metal Nanoparticles ◽  
Homogeneous Distribution ◽  
Acoustic Levitation

By the deposition of noble metal nanoparticles on a metal oxide substrate with a specific micro-/nanostructure, namely, yolk-shell structure, a remarkable improvement in photocatalytic performance can be achieved by the composites. Nevertheless, noble metal nanoparticles only distribute on the surface shell of metal oxide substrates when the conventional wet-chemistry reduction approach is employed. Herein, we proposed a novel acoustic levitation synthesis of Pt nanoparticles deposited on yolk-shell La2O3. The composites not only displayed well-defined, homogeneous distribution of Pt NPs on the exterior shell of La2O3 and the interior La2O3 core, but an enhanced chemical interaction between Pt and La2O3. The unique structure not only can display improved photocatalytic degradation rate toward methyl orange, but also may show great potential in fields of hydrogen generation, environmental protection, etc. The novel acoustic levitation synthesis can supplement the methodology of synthesizing well dispersed noble metal oxides over the whole yolk-shell structure through noble metal NPs deposition method.

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