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Título: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FE AND CU TITANATES HETEROJUNCTIONS GROWN ON TIO2 FOR WATER PHOTOLYSIS
Autor: RICARDO NASCIMENTO POMBO DO AMARAL
Colaborador(es): ROBERTO RIBEIRO DE AVILLEZ - Orientador
SONIA LETICHEVSKY - Coorientador
Catalogação: 09/JAN/2019 Língua(s): PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL
Tipo: TEXT Subtipo: THESIS
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Referência(s): [pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36027&idi=1
[en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36027&idi=2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.36027
Resumo:
In recent years many efforts have been made to obtain materials capable of efficiently exploiting the potential of solar energy conversion. In particular, the generation of fuels by photocatalysis retains great interest due to its intrinsic properties of promoting up-hill reactions, with a positive free energy variation, allowing its storage in chemical compounds. The efficiency of these processes, however, is usually limited by the photoactivation of main photocatalysts in UV spectrum, wasting much of the solar energy present in visible spectrum. This work investigates the influence on photoactivation performance of heterojunctions with Fe and Cu titanate grown on TiO2 for H2 gas production under Visible light by water-splitting. The samples were prepared according route by wet impregnation followed by post-heating treatment, where metal oxides were formed on TiO2 particles surface with subsequent interdiffusion and formation of ternary phases of Fe2TiO5 e Cu3TiO4. The materials were characterized by DRX, DSC, TGA, MEV / EDS, DRS, PLS and N2 Physisorption techniques. The results confirmed the materials sucessful preparation, suggesting the formation of PN-type heterostructures for Fe-containing samples and a rutile-Cu doped phase for Cu-containing samples. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated in a performance test using a photoreactor system built in as part of this work. The tests allowed to identify promising preliminary results for Fe-containing samples, which demonstrated a significant photocatalytic activity in the Visible spectrum.
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