Abstract
Cerium-doped TiO2 (Cex/TiO2) mesoporous nanofibers were prepared by one-pot facile synthesis method using collagen fiber as the biotemplate. The physicochemical properties of the as-prepared Cex/TiO2 nanofibers were well characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms, and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectrum (UV–vis DRS). The visible light absorption ability and the band gap energy of the Cex/TiO2 nanofibers could be adjusted by changing the doping amount of Ce. For example, when the mole ratio of Ce/Ti was fixed at 0.03, the absorbance wavelength of the Ce0.03/TiO2 reached 739 nm, and the corresponding band gap energy was obviously reduced to 1.678 eV. Photodegradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) was used as the probe reaction to evaluate the visible light photocatalytic activity of the Cex/TiO2 nanofibers. Compared with the undoped TiO2 nanofiber and commercial TiO2 catalyst (Degussa P25), ...
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