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Facile Preparation of TiO2-SnO2 Catalysts using TiO2 as an Auxiliary for Gas Sensing and Advanced Oxidation Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2016

Ritu Malik
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, D. C. R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat-131039, Haryana, India
Vijay K. Tomer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, D. C. R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat-131039, Haryana, India
Surender Duhan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, D. C. R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat-131039, Haryana, India
Pawan S. Rana
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, D. C. R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat-131039, Haryana, India
S. P. Nehra*
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Energy and Environmental Studies, D. C. R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat-131039, Haryana, India
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Abstract

A facile technique was adopted to synthesize beautiful lilac bush resembling TiO2-SnO2 microflowers aggregates for photodegradation of Congo Red (CR). The TiO2-SnO2 microflowers in the 2-3 μm range with high surface area (80 m2/g), under optimized conditions of catalyst dosage (0.3 g/L), dye concentration (100 ppm) and pH value is 10, exhibit excellent photocatalytic activity under visible light, whereby, 98.3% of the CR aqueous solution was degraded in 40 min of illumination time and also shows good recyclable photocatalytic activities. Further, the gas sensing properties of the as-synthesized material were evaluated towards detection of a variety of volatile organic compounds, such as acetone, methanol, benzene, ammonia, toluene, diethyl ether, and ethanol.

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