Tuning the Photocatalytic Activity and Optical Properties of Mesoporous TiO₂ Spheres by a Carbon Scaffold

Table 1

Main physicochemical characteristics of the synthesized photocatalysts obtained from gas adsorption data and elemental analysis.

	CS	CSTi	HSTi	P25
𝑆BET m^2g^−1	10	80	74	57
𝑉Total cm^3g^−1^a	0.02	0.19	0.21	0.14
𝑉Micropores cm^3g^−1^b	0.004	0.002	0.005	0.006
𝑉Mesopores cm^3g^−1^b	0.01	0.09	0.16	0.08
C [wt.%]	70.4	35.9	—	—
H [wt.%]	4.6	2.3	—	—
O [wt.%]	24.8	23.9	—	—

^aEvaluated at 𝑝/𝑝₀ 0.99.
^bEvaluated from NLDFT method.