Heterogeneous photocatalytic partial oxidation of ethanol was studied over different Pt/TiO2 as an alternative green process for acetaldehyde production. The catalysts were synthesized through the photodeposition of Pt over sol–gel TiO2 with platinum loads of 0.5 and 1 wt.%. The effect of some experimental conditions during photodeposition, such as deposition time and Pt loading, was…
The influence of Pt features, such as particle size, dispersion, oxidation state and amount of metal, on the improvement of the photoactivity of TiO2 for phenol and methyl orange degradation was studied. The size of Pt deposits was precisely controlled by changing deposition time under medium light intensity during the photodeposition, with sizes ranging from…
Prof. Andrés Ortega passed away on last January after a painful and long illness. He was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Seville (Spain) and was an outstanding researcher in the field of solid state reaction kinetics, an area to which he devoted his entire career since 1983, when he submitted his PhD…
Au/TiO2 photocatalysts were used in ethanol oxidative dehydrogenation. Catalysts at gold loading ranging between 0.5-2 wt.% were synthesized by photodeposition (using different deposition times: 15 and 120 min) over an own-prepared TiO2 by sol-gel method. For reference purposes, a commercial 1 wt.% Au/TiO2 catalyst (AUROlite (TM), Strem Chemicals) was also tested. Photocatalytic reactions were carried…
The photocatalytic activity, under sunlike illumination, for Rhodamine B (RhB) degradation using Bi2WO6-TiO2 samples, is reported. Two different kinds of Bi2WO6-TiO2 samples were studied, obtained by distinct methods: first, a mechanical mixing, by adding to synthesized nanosheet-like Bi2WO6 powder the corresponding amount of TiO2 nanoparticles (P25) in order to obtain physical mixtures of both catalysts…
La fotocatálisis heterogenea ha mostrado sobradamente su potencial para destoxificación y desinfección de medios acuosos y gaseosos. Sin embargo, su desarrollo tecnológico ha sido muy limitado debido a una serie de dificultades que pueden agruparse en dos grupos principales: 1. Dificultades para separar el catalizador del medio al finalizar el proceso, para su reactivación y…
Ethanol oxidative dehydrogenation over Pt/TiO2 photocatalyst, in the presence and absence of blue phosphors, was performed. The catalyst was prepared by photodeposition of Pt on sulphated TiO2. This material was tested in a gas-solid photocatalytic fluidized bed reactor at high illumination efficiency. The effect of the addition of blue phosphors into the fluidized bed has…
Two different catalysts consisting of Pt/TiO2 and Pd/TiO 2 were submitted to diverse oxidative and reductive calcination treatments and tested for photocatalytic reforming of glucose water solution (as a model of biomass component) in H2 production. Oxidation and reduction at 850°C resulted in better photocatalysts for hydrogen production than Degussa P-25 and the ones prepared…
A series of Bi3+-doped TiO2 catalysts with a doping concentration up to 2 wt% were prepared by a sol-gel hydrothermal method. The prepared photocatalysts were characterized by different techniques to determine their structure, morphology and light absorption properties. The activities were evaluated in the photocatalytic oxidation of phenol in aqueous solution under UV-vis illumination. The…
El objetivo principal de este proyecto es el desarrollo de una nueva generación de materiales nanoestructurados alternativos al TiO2 que presenten una alta fotoactividad en la región del visible y que puedan ser utilizados de forma competitiva y eficiente en procesos de tratamiento de efluentes líquidos y gaseosos mediante el aprovechamiento de la luz solar.…