Research Article

Studies of Dye Sensitisation Kinetics and Sorption Isotherms of Direct Red 23 on Titania

Table 1

Selected characteristics of titania samples.

Titania samples
ABCD

Surface area (m2 g−1)*49.8 (1.5)11.1 (0.7)14.9 (0.3)11.1 (0.4)
Particle size (nm)20–50200–300200–300300–500
Zero point charge (ZPC)4.50 (0.00)6.50 (0.15)6.40 (0.15)Not measured
X-ray diffraction dataAnatase (80%) + Rutile (20%)AnataseRutileRutile

* Standard deviation shown in parentheses.
Average particle size measured by scanning electron microscopy.