A low-temperature single-source route to an efficient broad-band cerium(III) photocatalyst using a bimetallic polyoxotitanium cage

作者:Lv, Yaokang; Yao, Mingming; Holgado, Juan Pedro; Roth, Torsten; Steiner, Alexander; Gan, Lihua; Lambert, Richard M.; Wright, Dominic S.*
来源:RSC Advances, 2013, 3(33): 13659-13662.
DOI:10.1039/c3ra41524d

摘要

Aqueous hydrolysis of a series of cerium-containing polyoxotitanium cages gives Ce(III)-doped TiO2 [TiO2(Ce)] or TiO2-supported Ce(III)(2)Ti2O7, depending on the starting Ti : Ce ratio of the precursor. TiO2-supported Ce2Ti2O7 exhibits superior photocatalytic activity to the Ce-doped TiO2 materials and unusual broad-band absorption behaviour across the visible and near-infrared regions.