• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 7, Issue 10, 956 (2009)
Fanming Meng1,2,3, Ling Cao1,3, Xueping Song1,3, and Zhaoqi Sun1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
  • 3Anhui Key Laboratory of Information Materials and Devices, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20090710.0956 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fanming Meng, Ling Cao, Xueping Song, Zhaoqi Sun, "Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange by nano-TiO2 thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering," Chin. Opt. Lett. 7, 956 (2009) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Nano-TiO<sub>2</sub> thin films are deposited by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering using TiO<sub>2</sub> ceramic target and characterized by X-ray diffractometer, atomic force microscope, and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer. The photocatalytic activity is evaluated by light-induced degradation of methyl orange solutions (5, 10, and 20 ppm) using a high pressure mercury lamp as the light source. The film is amorphous, and its energy gap is 3.02 eV. The photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange solution is the first-order reaction and the apparent reaction rate constants are 0.00369, 0.0024, and 0.00151 for the methyl orange solution concentrations of 5, 10, and 20 ppm, respectively.