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Effect of Oxygen Vacancies on Photocatalytic Efficiency of TiO2 Nanotubes Aggregation

  • Liu, Feila (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University) ;
  • Lu, Lu (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University) ;
  • Xiao, Peng (College of Physics, Chongqing University) ;
  • He, Huichao (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University) ;
  • Qiao, Lei (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University) ;
  • Zhang, Yunhuai (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University)
  • Received : 2011.11.30
  • Accepted : 2012.04.02
  • Published : 2012.07.20
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Abstract

Aggregation of titania nanotubes (TNTs) fabricated by hydrothermal method were calcined in air and dry nitrogen; Changes in morphology and crystallinity of the nanotubes were studied by means of TEM, EDX, and XPS. EDX patterns and XPS spectra proved that there were a certain densities of oxygen vacancies in TNTs annealed in $N_2$. The photocatalysis experiments revealed TNTs/$N_2$ possesses significantly higher photocatalytic efficiency than TNTs annealed in dry air to degrade methylene blue. The correlation between oxygen vacancies and photocatalytic property may be attributed to: 1) oxygen vacancies might have affected results on water molecules adsorption and increase of the hydroxyl concentration; and 2) oxygen vacancies resulted in some changes in electronic structure of TNTs/$N_2$ aggregation and Fermi level extends into the conducting band.

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