Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1465413 Ceramics International 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

A series of TiO2/SiO2 composite with different Ti/Si ratios were prepared by sol–gel technique. The samples were characterized by different analytical techniques such as XRD, FT-IR, BET and XPS. Grain size of anatase TiO2 calculated using Scherrer's formula was found to be in the range of 2.1–8.7 nm, and the content of anatase phase in TiO2 ranges from 45% to 40.1%. The photocatalytic properties on methyl orange (MO) solution were also studied. The degradation rate of the composite is much higher than that of the pure TiO2 in the same conditions.

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