A Rapid Method for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Doped TiO(2) Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

作者：Jayakumar Onattu Damodaran; Sasikala Rajamma; Betty Chirayath Antony; Tyagi Avesh Kumar^*; Bharadwaj Shyamala Rajkumar; Gautam Ujjal Kumar; Srinivasu Pavuluri; Vinu Ajayan

来源：Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2009, 9(8): 4663-4667.

DOI：10.1166/jnn.2009.1273

• N Doped TiO(2)
• Nanoparticles
• Photocatalyst
• Hydrogen Generation
• Sun Light Type Radiation

A facile, fast, and economic method of doping TiO(2), synthesized by conventional precipitation route with N has been developed. By this method, stable N doped TiO(2) can be prepared within a short duration of time. The method adopted was to treat the TiO(2) powder synthesized by simple precipitation with trioctyl amine (TOA) at 320 degrees C for 2 hours followed by calcination at 400 degrees C for 2 hours to obtain the N-doped TiO(2). The sample along with NiO as co-catalyst showed significant photocatalytic activity for hydrogen generation from aqueous methanol solution under sunlight type irradiation. This synthesis method opens up a fast and easy route for doping the existing TiO(2) or other wide band gap oxide semiconductors with nitrogen so that they can exhibit enhanced photocatalytic activity under solar irradiation.

• 出版日期2009-8