Photocatalytic activity in nano sized titanium dioxide structures

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2012

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Oymak, Mert Mehmet

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The objective of this thesis is to investigate the photocatalytic activity in nanosized TiO2 structures. Two different structures were used for two different reaction systems. In the first part of the study, TiO2 coated on glass beads by a sol-gel procedure were used to test the photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction with H2O and H2 in the gas phase. The results of photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction revealed that CO2 reduction step of the overall reaction proceeds in dark; while illumination is required for water splitting reaction. In the second part of the study, Photocatalytic oxidation activity of the commercial TiO2 powders mixed with grout and plaster were studied for a potential commercial self cleaning material. A method based on gas phase benzene oxidation was developed for testing TiO2 added cement based self cleaning surfaces. This method was used to screen 15 commercial TiO2 samples with and without cement. Based on this method a commercial TiO2 sample (S9) was selected for further use. Surface of 15 commercial TiO2 samples were characterized by using NO and CO2 as probe molecules. Photocatalytic benzene oxidation experiments showed that using TiO2 on the surface lead to more effective surfaces in terms of photocatalytic activity. TiO2 was bound to surface by inorganic materials without much activity loss. This kind of amount optimization is of commercial importance.

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Titanium dioxide., Photocatalysis., Photosynthesis., Grouting., Cement.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22255

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M. M. Oymak, “Photocatalytic activity in nano sized titanium dioxide structures,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2012.