Open AccessPreparation of TiO2 nanorods by Sol–Gel template method and measured its photo- catalytic activity for degradation of methyl orange
Author(s) -
Ban Mazin Al-Shabander
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iraqi journal of physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-5548
pISSN - 2070-4003
DOI - 10.30723/ijp.v13i26.298
Subject(s) - nanorod , methyl orange , materials science , anatase , photocatalysis , titanium dioxide , sol gel , chemical engineering , catalysis , degradation (telecommunications) , nuclear chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , telecommunications , computer science , engineering
Titanium dioxide nanorods have been prepared by sol-gel templatemethod. The structural and surface morphology of the TiO2 nanorods wasinvestigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy(AFM), it was found that the nanorods produced were anatase TiO2 phase.The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 nanorods was evaluated by thephoto degradation of methyl orange (MO). The relatively higherdegradation efficiency for MO (D%=78.2) was obtained after 6h of exposedto UV irradiation.