Titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material, preparation method thereof, and application thereof in photocatalytic treatment of hydrogen sulfide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10160659-B2
Application number	US-201715853906-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2017
Priority date	Dec 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material includes the following steps: (1) using polystyrene nanospheres with particle size of 180 nm as a template, tetrabutyl titanate as a precursor, to prepare hollow titanium dioxide by calcining; (2) subjecting said hollow titanium dioxide to carboxylation modification to prepare carboxylated titanium dioxide; and (3) dispersing said carboxylated titanium dioxide in ethanol, using chromic nitrate nonahydrate as an assembly agent and trimesic acid as a crosslinking agent to carry out layer-by-layer self-assembly so as to prepare the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material, which comprises following steps:
(1) using polystyrene nanospheres with particle size of 180 nm as a template, tetrabutyl titanate as a precursor, to prepare hollow titanium dioxide by calcining;
(2) subjecting said hollow titanium dioxide to carboxylation modification to prepare carboxylated titanium dioxide;
(3) dispersing said carboxylated titanium dioxide in ethanol, using chromic nitrate nonahydrate as an assembly agent and trimesic acid as a crosslinking agent to carry out layer-by-layer self-assembly so as to prepare the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material.

2. The preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 1 , wherein in step (1), heating styrene aqueous solution to 80 to 90° C. in the presence of a surfactant in nitrogen atmosphere; and adding an aqueous solution of initiator in drops, polymerizing for 10 to 20 hours; and after the polymerization, adding sodium chloride to obtain a precipitate, and then washing the precipitate with deionized water and then drying at 60° C. to prepare a polystyrene nanosphere.

3. The preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 1 , wherein in step (1), calcining is carried out at 500 to 700° C. for 2 to 3 hours, and the rate of heating is 1 to 5° C./min.

4. The preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 1 , wherein in step (1), adding tetrabutyl titanate into acetonitrile to prepare the tetrabutyl titanate solution by stirring; adding polystyrene nanospheres into a solvent to prepare a polystyrene suspension with ultrasonic dispersion; and then dripping ammonia, deionized water and tetrabutyl titanate solution into the polystyrene suspension, stirring for 1 hour to prepare a mixed liquid; and then washing the mixed liquid and centrifuging to obtain solid, drying and calcining the solid to prepare hollow titanium dioxide particles; the mass ratio of tetrabutyl titanate, polystyrene nanospheres and ammonia is 30:1:20.

5. The preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 1 , wherein in step (2), the carboxylation modification is adding the hollow titanium dioxide to an ethanol solution of a silane coupling agent and stirring for 8 to 10 hours to give a solid; and then taking the solid into an the N, N-dimethylformamide solution of succinic anhydride and stirring for 8 to 10 hours to obtain carboxylated titanium dioxide; the mass ratio of titanium dioxide, silane coupling agent and succinic anhydride is 50:1:1.

6. The preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 1 , wherein in step (3), each self-assembly step is adding an ethanol solution of chromium nitrate nonahydrate to the carboxylated titanium dioxide ethanol dispersion, stirring and then centrifuging with ethanol and then adding a trimesic acid ethanol solution to continue stirring; then washing and centrifuging to remove the liquid.

7. The preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 1 , wherein in step (3), the mass ratio of carboxylated titanium dioxide, chromic nitrate nonahydrate and trimesic acid is 20:1:1, and the number of times of layer-by-layer self-assembly is 10 to 20.

8. Titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material prepared by the preparation method according to claim 1 .

9. A method of photocatalytically treating hydrogen sulfide comprising:
providing the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 8 ; and
treating hydrogen sulfide with the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material.

10. A method of treating polluted gas comprising:
providing the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material according to claim 8 ; and
treating polluted gas with the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material.

Assignees

• Univ Soochow

Inventors

• Lu Jianmei
• Chen Dongyun
• Jiang Jun

Classifications

• C08J7/12

  Chemical modification · CPC title

• B33Y10/00

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• C01P2004/34

  hollow · CPC title

• B01D2255/802

  Photocatalytic · CPC title

• B01J20/06

  comprising oxides or hydroxides of metals not provided for in group B01J20/04 · CPC title