Research Article
Effect of the Amount of Water in the Synthesis of B-TiO2: Orange II Photodegradation
Table 1
H2O content, specific surface area, and the average pore size of samples.
| | Photocatalyst | % boron | H2O/alkoxide | Average pore diameter (nm) | BET surface area (m2/g) |
| | TiO2-4 | 0 | 4 | 30.1 | 27.7 | | BTiO2-0.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 15.5 | 3.1 | | BTiO2-1 | 2.5 | 1 | 7.3 | 17.0 | | BTiO2-4 | 2.5 | 4 | 7.1 | 20.8 | | BTiO2-8 | 2.5 | 8 | 12.7 | 46.0 | | BTiO2-16 | 2.5 | 16 | 24.9 | 29.1 |
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