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  • TiO2 thin film synthesis from complex precursors by CVD, its physical and photocatalytic properties
    Publication . Bessergenev, V.; Pereira, R. J. F.; Mateus, M. C.; Khmelinskii, Igor; Nicula, R. C.; Burkel, E.
    Photocatalytic TiO2 films on glass and quartz plates were obtained by the chemical vapour deposition using Ti(dpm)(2)(Opr(i))(2) complex compound (CC-CVD method) in a standard vacuum apparatus at 1.2-2.0 x 10(-4) mbar. The substrate temperature was stabilised in the range of 450-600 degreesC. The growth rate varied from several nanometres to several dozen of nanometres per minute. Structural information on TiO2 thin films was obtained from synchrotron radiation experiments. High-resolution grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) experiments were performed at the high-resolution powder diffractometer at the DESY/HASYLAB beamline B2 (Hamburg, Germany). Thin films deposited on either single-crystal Si wafers or on amorphous quartz substrates were analysed. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 thin films was studied using a photocatalytic reactor. The fungicide Fenarimol was chosen as chemical indicator and its degradation kinetics was followed by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
  • An improvement of photocatalytic activity of TiO2 Degussa P25 powder
    Publication . Bessergenev, V.; Mateus, M. C.; Botelho do Rego, A. M.; Hantusch, M.; Burkel, E.
    The photocatalytic activities of Degussa P25 powders annealed at various temperatures in vacuum and air were studied together with investigations of their compositions by XPS, of their crystal structures by XRD and of their specific surface areas by BET. It is shown that the photocatalytic activity of P25 powders was remarkably enhanced after vacuum annealing; the kinetic coefficient can be raised by 75% during annealing at 400 degrees C. It is obvious that this enhancement is not related to the adhesion ability of the P25 powders. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.