Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 / Ti heterostructures

  • Maryia A.   Yauseichyk Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 6 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus
  • Liudmila  S. Khoroshko Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 6 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Diana I. Gagloeva North Ossetian State University after K. L. Khetagurova, 44–46 Vatutina Street, Vladikavkaz 362025, Russia
  • Soslan A. Khubezhov Innovation and Development Base, Harbin Engineering University, Qingdao 266000, China
  • Aleksey V. Baglov Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 6 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Igor I. Makoed Brest State A. S. Pushkin University, 21 Kasmanawtaw Boulevard, Brest 224016, Belarus
  • Shavkat I. Mamatkulov Institute of Material Science, Scientific Production Association «Physics – Sun», Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2b Chingiz Aytmatov Street, Tashkent 100084, Uzbekistan
  • Mariya D.  Pecherskaya Institute of Material Science, Scientific Production Association «Physics – Sun», Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2b Chingiz Aytmatov Street, Tashkent 100084, Uzbekistan
  • Dmitry V. Yakimchuk Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Materials Science, 19 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Abstract

The heterostructure TiO2 / Ti with developed surface based on titanium foil was obtained by the chemical structuring and subsequent annealing. The surface of heterostructure formed by the quasi-ordered massive consists of nanowires with average diameter about 55 nm. According to the results of X-ray diffraction analysis and Raman spectroscopy, the formation of a thin structured oxide layer consisting of a mixture of polymorphic modifications of TiO2 – anatase and rutile – on the surface was established herewith anatase-dominated. The photocatalytic activity of the heterostructure TiO2 / Ti against the model pollutant methylene blue in aqueous solution under UV-irradiation (365 nm) activation has been established at 9 % in 50 min, which is a good value for thin films. The obtained structured photocatalytically active titanium dioxide layers can be used in portable water and air purification devices and, due to the highly developed surface, become the basis for sensor devices and materials for plasmonics.

Author Biographies

Maryia A.   Yauseichyk, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 6 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus

 junior researcher at the centre 4.11 «Nano­ electronics and advanced materials» of R&D department, assistant at the department of physics, faculty of computer systems and networks

Liudmila  S. Khoroshko, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 6 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (physics and mathematics), docent; associate professor at the department of micro- and nanoelectro­ nics, faculty of radioengineering and electronics Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, and leading researcher at the laboratory of energy efficient materials and technologies, faculty of physics Belarusian State University

Diana I. Gagloeva, North Ossetian State University after K. L. Khetagurova, 44–46 Vatutina Street, Vladikavkaz 362025, Russia

engineer at the centre for collective use «Physics and technologies of nanostructures»

Soslan A. Khubezhov, Innovation and Development Base, Harbin Engineering University, Qingdao 266000, China

PhD (physics and mathematics); researcher

Aleksey V. Baglov, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 6 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

researcher at the centre 4.11 «Nanoelectronics and advanced materials» of R&D department Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, senior researcher at the laboratory of energy efficient materials and technologies, faculty of physics Belarusian State University

Igor I. Makoed, Brest State A. S. Pushkin University, 21 Kasmanawtaw Boulevard, Brest 224016, Belarus

PhD (physics and mathematics), docent; associate professor at the department of general and theoretical physics, faculty of physics and mathematics

Shavkat I. Mamatkulov, Institute of Material Science, Scientific Production Association «Physics – Sun», Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2b Chingiz Aytmatov Street, Tashkent 100084, Uzbekistan

doctor of science (physics and mathe­ matics); head of the laboratory of multifunctional materials

Mariya D.  Pecherskaya, Institute of Material Science, Scientific Production Association «Physics – Sun», Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2b Chingiz Aytmatov Street, Tashkent 100084, Uzbekistan

junior researcher at the laboratory of multifunctional materials

Dmitry V. Yakimchuk, Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Materials Science, 19 P. Browki Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

PhD (physics and mathematics), docent; senior researcher

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Published
2024-09-30
Keywords: nanostructures, titanium dioxide, photocatalysis, functional nanomaterials
Supporting Agencies The studies were supported with the project F23UZB-061.
How to Cite
Yauseichyk, M. A.  , Khoroshko, L.  S., Gagloeva, D. I., Khubezhov, S. A., Baglov, A. V., Makoed, I. I., Mamatkulov, S. I., Pecherskaya, M. D., & Yakimchuk, D. V. (2024). Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 / Ti heterostructures. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Physics, 3, 17-24. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/physics/article/view/6315
Issue
No 3 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Physics
Section
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies

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