title: Characterization of the hydrothermally synthesized nano-TiO2 crystallite and the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B.
abstract: Pure anatase-TiO2 nanoparticles with 8 nm average crystallite size was synthesized hydrothermally at 200 degrees C in 2 h. The structural and physico-chemical properties of nano-TiO2 were determined by powder XRD, FT-IR, BET and SEM analyses. The behavior of anatase nano-TiO2 in catalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RB) dye in transparent nano-TiO2 sol under UV-light was examined as a function of irradiation power of UV-light, irradiation time, amount of nano-TiO2 and initial RB concentration in the sol. Rhodamine B was fully degraded with the catalysis of the nano-TiO2 in a short time as low as 60 min. Photocatalytic activity of the nano-TiO2 for degradation of RB was compared with Degussa P-25 at optimum catalysis conditions determined for the nano-TiO2. It was found that, when compared to Degussa P-25, the nano-TiO2 could be repeatedly used with increasing photocatalytic activity. It was found that the photodegradation obeys the pseudo first-order reaction kinetics with the rate constant of 0.0658 min(-1), and the half period t1/2 was 10.53 min.
authors.affiliation: Inönü University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Chemistry, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asiltürk
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sayilkan
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdemoğlu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akarsu
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sayilkan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erdemoğlu
authors.forename: Ertuğrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arpaç
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013783:Textile Industry; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012235:Rhodamines; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium; C029773:rhodamine B