Fabrication of Films of Co Doped TiO2 Nanotube Array and their Photocatalytic Reduction Performance

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2019.373

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2020, Vol. 34

Issue (3): 176-182 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2019.373

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Fabrication of Films of Co Doped TiO₂Nanotube Array and their Photocatalytic Reduction Performance

WANG Shiqi¹,HUO Wenyi¹,XU Zhengchao²,ZHANG Xuhai¹,ZHOU Xuefeng¹,FANG Feng¹(

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1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
2. Zhangjiagang Green Tech Environmental Protection Equipment Co. , LTD. , Suzhou 215625, China

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WANG Shiqi,HUO Wenyi,XU Zhengchao,ZHANG Xuhai,ZHOU Xuefeng,FANG Feng. Fabrication of Films of Co Doped TiO₂Nanotube Array and their Photocatalytic Reduction Performance. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2020, 34(3): 176-182.

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Films of Ti-Co alloy were firstly prepared on ITO glass by magnetron sputtering and then were anodized in electrolyte of ethylene glycol + DI water + NH₄F to produce films of the Co-doped TiO₂ nanotube arrays. The effect of Co doping on the morphology, microstructure, optical and photocatalytic reduction performance under visible light was assessed for the acquired films. The results show that the films of Co-doped TiO₂nanotube arrays are composed of anatase, the same as the plain TiO₂, while the preferred orientation changed to (001) from (101) of the plain TiO₂. The incorporation of Co improved the absorption of visible light and promoted the separation of photo-generated electro-hole pairs simultaneously. Compared to the film of plain TiO₂, the ones of Co-doped TiO₂ nanotube arrays exhibit better photocatalytic reduction performance. The film with 0.19%Co (atomic fraction) shows the best photocatalytic reduction efficiency, it is 98.4% after visible light irradiation for 150 min.

Key words: inorganic non-metallic materials magnetron sputtering anodizing photocatalytic reduction titanium dioxide thin films

Received: 29 July 2019

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Fund: the 333 Projects of Jiangsu Province, China(BRA2018045);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China(BK20180264)

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Table1 Preparation parameters of Ti-Co alloy films

Fig.1 Morphology of the samples with different Co doping content (a) 0; (b) 0.10%; (c) 0.19%; (d) 0.70%

Fig.2 XRD patterns of Co0-TONT, Co1-TONT, Co2-TONT and Co4-TONT

Table 2 Composition and structural parameters of Co0-TONT, Co1-TONT, Co2-TONT and Co4-TONT

Fig.3 Raman spectra (a) of films with various amount of Co and Eg Raman spectra (b) active modes of Co0-TNOT, Co1-TNOT, Co2-TNOT, Co4-TNOT, at a higher magnification

Fig.4 UV-vis absorption spectra (a) of the Co0-TNOT, Co1-TNOT, Co2-TNOT, Co4-TNOT and Tauc Plots ((F(R)hν)^0.5vshν) (b) of Co0-TNOT and Co4-TNOT

Fig.5 PL spectra of the Co0-TNOT, Co1-TNOT, Co2-TNOT and Co4-TNOT

Fig.6 Cr (VI) residue percentage versus visible-light illumination time for the Co0-TNOT, Co1-TNOT, Co2-TNOT and Co4-TNOT

Fig.7 XPS Co 2p spectra of the Co2-TONT

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