Abstract
Flexible TiO 2 nanograss array film was prepared by simple chemical oxidation of Ti wire mesh at a low temperature of 353 K. To improve its visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity, we further carried out a low-temperature chemical reduction to introduce oxygen vacancies in the solution of ethylene glycol (EG) and ammonium fluoride (NH4F). The results of XPS and EPR confirmed the formation of surface and bulk oxygen vacancies was confirmed, and their concentrations increased as the reduction time increased. Compared with the as-annealed TiO 2 film, the as-reduced specimens exhibited higher visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity. When reduction time was 48h, the photocatalytic activity was increased by 15.8 times compared to the as-annealed sample. The remarkable improvement in photocatalytic activity should be ascribed to the oxygen vacancies’ introduction. The most excellent photocatalytic performance was obtained when a suitable concentration ratio of surface oxygen vacancies to bulk oxygen vacancies was reached. Low-temperature chemical reduction in the solution of EG + NH4F is very efficient and convenient for introducing defects such as oxygen vacancies and Ti3+.
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