Research Article

Role of Platinum Deposited on TiO2 in Photocatalytic Methanol Oxidation and Dehydrogenation Reactions

Table 2

Particle size measured by AFM and Crystallinity values of bare TiO2 and platinized TiO2.

SamplesParticle size/nm *Crystallinity Index **Crystallinity Index Average Crystallinity Index

TiO280.9407.0467.9887.517
Pt(0.25)/TiO263.6005.8896.3466.117
Pt(0.50)/TiO277.0208.2338.1048.168
Pt(0.75)/TiO254.8905.3705.7245.547
Pt(1.00)/TiO273.1306.9818.8517.916

*Crystallinity Index calculated by divided particle size on mean crystallite size and **Crystallinity Index calculated by divided particle size on crystallite size.