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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 30, Number 8
BKCSDE 30(8)
August 20, 2009 

 
Title
Fabrication and Electro-photolysis Property of Carbon Nanotubes/Titanium Composite Photocatalysts for Methylene Blue
Author
Feng Jun Zhang, Ming Liang Chen, Won Chun Oh*
Keywords
CNTs, Titanium dioxide, Electrode, Electrolysis, Photolysis
Abstract
In this study, we have studied on improved performance of carbon nanotubes/titanium (CNT/TiO2) structure electrode for methylene blue (MB). The composite electrodes consisting of CNTs and a titanium oxide matrix with phenol resin binder was fabricated with a mixture method. The chemical and morphological structure of CNT/TiO2 composites were characterized by means of BET surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-Vis absorption technique, Raman spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The electrode showed a remarkably enhanced performance for MB oxidation under UV illumination with or without electro-chemical reaction (ECR). Such a remarkably improved performance of the CNT/TiO2 structure electrode might be due to the enhanced MB oxidation by electro- and photo-generated electrons and holes in the CNTs and TiO2 under UV illumination with or without ECR.
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1798 - 1804
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