Synthesis and characterization of SnO₂-TiO₂ nanocomposite with rutile-phase via hydrothermal method at low temperature

Abstract

With Ti(SO₄)₂, SnCl₄·5H₂O and urea as raw materials, SnO₂-TiO₂ nanocomposites were synthesized via low temperature hydrothermal method at 80–100 °C in aqueous solutions. The morphologies of the products were altered systematically by varying the Ti/Sn molar ratio of the reactants, and rutile-phase particles were obtained with an average diameter of about 52.2 nm at a molar ratio of Ti/Sn=7.5. The surface composition of the composite was revealed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) and X-ray diffraction(XRD) to be solely TiO₂ with a rutile structure. This new composite material exhibits a high ultraviolet absorption capacity, and its photocatalytic activity for phenol oxidation is much lower than that of the commercial titania nanoparticles(P25).

Keywords

Rutile / Titanium dioxide / Stannum dioxide / Core-shell / UV-shielding

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