title: Chloride capping of CdTiO3 for higher crystallinity and enhanced photocatalytic activity.
abstract: The crystallinity of cadmium titanate (CdTiO3) was greatly improved when synthesized under mild reaction conditions, in the presence of chloride. The highly crystalline CdTiO3 showed much enhanced photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) under simulated sunlight. CdTiO3 was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), N2 adsorption/desorption, photoluminescence (PL), and UV/vis spectrometry. The enhanced photodegradation was attributed to the better charge separation owing to its higher crystallinity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China. lurw@dlut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zameer Hussain
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Yuzhen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Xijie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jinghai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiu
authors.forename: Shufen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rongwen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lu