Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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181395 | Electrochemistry Communications | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Nanosized TiO2/Ti photoanodes fabricated by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) under different deposition temperatures were characterized and applied to the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of model pollutant of phenol. The anode prepared at 773 K was verified in anatase phase with a size about 60 nm and achieved the best photoelectrocatalytic activity, where IPCE could reach as high as 89% and the photoconversion efficiency peaked at 8.4%. The photoelectrocatalytic degradation of phenol was found well fit a pseudo-first-order kinetics, and kept stable performance in five continuous runs, confirming potential application of the electrode prepared by MOCVD for organic pollutants abatement.
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Authors
Minghua Zhou, Xiangjuan Ma,