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Nanocellulose-Templated Porous Titania Scaffolds Incorporating Presynthesized Titania Nanocrystals
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SYSNO ASEP 0452678 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Nanocellulose-Templated Porous Titania Scaffolds Incorporating Presynthesized Titania Nanocrystals Author(s) Ivanova, A. (DE)
Fravventura, M. C. (NL)
Fattakhova-Rohlfing, D. (DE)
Rathouský, Jiří (UFCH-W) RID, ORCID
Movsesyan, L. (DE)
Ganter, P. (DE)
Savenije, T. J. (NL)
Bein, T. (DE)Source Title Chemistry of Materials. - : American Chemical Society - ISSN 0897-4756
Roč. 27, č. 18 (2015), s. 6205-6212Number of pages 8 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords RESOLVED MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITY ; SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELLS ; THIN-FILMS Subject RIV CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry Institutional support UFCH-W - RVO:61388955 UT WOS 000361935000010 EID SCOPUS 84942133548 DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00770 Annotation Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) is an abundant biogenic nanomaterial with unique properties that enables the efficient synthesis of mesoporous crystalline titania. We significantly enhance the photocatalytic activity of titania thin films by introducing solvothermally synthesized preformed anatase nanoparticles into a sol-gel based biotemplated titania scaffold. The resulting dual source titania thin films containing different amounts of preformed crystalline species were investigated by time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) measurements and tested in the photocatalytic conversion of 4-chlorophenol. The gradual addition of preformed nanopartides leads to a consistent increase of the mean size of titania crystalline domains, whereas the porosity of the composite is well-preserved due to the shapepersistent nature of the NCC template. Microwave conductivity studies establish increased photoconductivity of the films containing preformed anatase nanoparticles in comparison to that of films made without the nanoparticles. The synergistic features of the dual source titania, namely the improved crystalline properties brought by the preformed nanocrystals in combination with the high surface area provided by the NCC-templated sol-gel titania, result in a very high photocatalytic activity of the films in the photocatalytic decomposition of 4-chlorophenol. In quantitative terms, the dual source titania films prepared with 75% nanoparticles exhibit a first order degradation rate constant of 0.53 h(-1) (1.47 x 10(-4) sec(-1)), which strongly outperforms the activity of commercial P90 nanopowder showing a rate constant of 0.17 h(-1) (0.47 x 10(-4) sec(-1)) under the same conditions. Workplace J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry Contact Michaela Knapová, michaela.knapova@jh-inst.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 196 Year of Publishing 2016
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