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Solvothermal Synthesis of Mesoporous TiO2 Using Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue

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Mesoporous titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysts were synthesized via a solvothermal method using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as templates. The effect of the SDS concentration and solution pH value on the resulting TiO2 catalyst and its photocatalytic activity were studied. The photocatalytic activity was assessed by degradation methylene blue under low-power (8W × 4) UV light irradiation. The best performance showed that over 95% of methylene blue was degraded in 120 min and in the presence of S20 (20 mmol SDS addition, pH = 4). With the optimal addition of SDS, the crystal size was reduced, and the surface area was increased. In addition, some bidentate-sulfates (–SO42−) residues were observed within the prepared mesoporous TiO2. The Detail characterization of of the as-prepared TiO2 samples were conducted by X-ray diffraction, Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscope, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, respectively.

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The authors would like to appreciate the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan sincerely for providing the funding under MOST (Grant Nos. 106-2218-E-992-304-MY2 and 108-3116-F-006 -013).

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  1. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan

    Chao-Wei Huang & Wei-Cheng Sin

  2. Photo-SMART (Photo-Sensitive Material Advanced Research and Technology) Center, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan

    Chao-Wei Huang

  3. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam

    Van-Huy Nguyen

  4. Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan

    Yu-Chung Wu

  5. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, 71005, Taiwan

    Wei-Yu Chen

  6. Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan

    Andrew C. Chien

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Huang, CW., Sin, WC., Nguyen, VH. et al. Solvothermal Synthesis of Mesoporous TiO2 Using Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue. Top Catal 63, 1121–1130 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-020-01322-y

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