Photocatalytic Destruction of Gaseous Benzene Using Mn/I-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticle Catalytic Under Visible Light

In this article, Mn/I-TiO2 nanocatalyst was prepared by sol-gel method and used as the photocatalyst to discompose the gaseous benzene in the visible light. The crystal phase composition and grain size of the photocatalyst were investigated by X-ray diffraction and Raman, respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscope were used to study the surface elements and bandgap width of the photocatalyst. The research findings suggested that the crystal type of all catalysts was anatase. TiO2 nanoparticle doped by Mn/I could reduce its crystallite size and augment lattice distortion because of the formation of oxygen vacancies. The generation rate, migration rate, and disintegration rate of electron-hole pairs were increased by modification of TiO2. Meanwhile, the Mn-TiO2 was recognized with the smallest bandgap among four kinds of catalyst. Mn-TiO2 catalyst exhibited the highest efficiency on gaseous benzene removal (37.86%) among pure-TiO2 (3.33%), I-TiO2 (30.21%), and Mn-I-TiO2 (31.56%) under visible light. Correspondingly, the photocatalytic ability of pure-TiO2, I-TiO2, Mn-I-TiO2, and Mn-TiO2 was 51.25 μg C6H6/(g·h), 424.36 μg C6H6/(g·h), 493.61 μg C6H6/(g·h), and 245.43 μg C6H6/(g·h), respectively.