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- Title
Comparison of Ga2O3 and TiO2 Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds.
- Authors
Yoo, Tae Hee; Ryou, Heejoong; Lee, In Gyu; Cho, Junsang; Cho, Byung Jin; Hwang, Wan Sik
- Abstract
The photocatalytic degradation of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, toluene, and styrene are compared using monoclinic Ga2O3 and anatase TiO2 nanostructures under ultraviolet-C irradiation. These Ga2O3 and TiO2 photocatalysts are characterized using a field emission scanning electron microscope, a powder X-ray diffraction system, the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method, and a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. The Ga2O3 shows a higher reaction rate constant (k, min−1) than TiO2 by a factor of 7.1 for toluene, 8.1 for styrene, 3.1 for formaldehyde, and 2.0 for acetaldehyde. The results demonstrate that the photocatalytic activity ratio of the Ga2O3 over the TiO2 becomes more prominent toward the aromatic compounds compared with the nonaromatic compounds. Highly energetic photo-generated carriers on the conduction/valence band-edge of the Ga2O3, in comparison with that of the TiO2, result in superior photocatalytic activity, in particular on aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a high bond dissociation energy.
- Subjects
VALENCE (Drome, France); VOLATILE organic compounds; ACETALDEHYDE; FIELD emission electron microscopes; FORMALDEHYDE; FOURIER transform spectrometers; AROMATIC compounds; X-ray powder diffraction
- Publication
Catalysts (2073-4344), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 5, p545
- ISSN
2073-4344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/catal10050545