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Efficient complete oxidation of acetaldehyde into CO 2 over Au/TiO 2 core-shell nano catalyst under UV and visible light irradiation

  • Haiyan Song
  • , Yeon Tea Yu*
  • , Poul Norby
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Oslo
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

Photocatalytic degradation of acetaldehyde and its photocatalytic mechanisms over Au/TiO 2 core-shell nano catalyst were, for the first time, investigated under UV and visible light irradiation. The results indicate that Au/TiO 2 core-shell catalyst shows higher activity for the oxidation of acetaldehyde into CO 2 under both UV and visible light irradiation comparing with P-25 and metal-deposited TiO 2 photocatalysts. When Au/TiO 2 core-shell catalyst is excited by UV light, the Au-core acts as the sink to restore the separated electrons, thus to improve the photoinduced charge separation; while under visible light irradiation, the mechanism can be understood as the coordinate effect of the plasmon resonance of Au-core particles and the formation of an impurity energy level induced byTiO 2-xFO x.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5891-5897
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
Volume9
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009.10

Keywords

  • Acetaldehyde
  • Core-shell structure
  • Mechanism
  • Photocatalysis

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Biological Sciences

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