Research Article
Noble Metal Decoration and Presulfation on TiO2: Increased Photocatalytic Activity and Efficient Esterification of n-Butanol with Citric Acid
Table 1
Physicochemical characteristics of as-prepared samples.
| Sample | Crystal size (nm) | Pore volume (mL/g) | Pore size (nm) | SBET (m2/g) |
| TiO2 | 15.40 | 0.38 | 9.04 | 168.69 | S/TiO2 | 15.92 | 0.38 | 17.10 | 190.03 | S/Ag-TiO2ā | 15.90 | 0.40 | 16.98 | 193.26 | S/Au-TiO2 | 15.84 | 0.41 | 16.60 | 198.85 | S/Rh-TiO2 | 15.86 | 0.40 | 16.64 | 196.08 | S/Pt-TiO2 | 15.87 | 0.39 | 16.92 | 194.32 |
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Calculated from the XRD results.
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