Core–shell structured TiO2@polydopamine for highly active visible-light photocatalysis

Wen-Xin Mao; Xi-Jie Lin; Wei Zhang; Zi-Xiang Chi; Rong-Wen Lyu; An-Min Cao; Li-Jun Wan

doi:10.1039/C6CC02041K

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Core–shell structured TiO₂@polydopamine for highly active visible-light photocatalysis†

Wen-Xin Mao,^ab Xi-Jie Lin,^ab Wei Zhang,^a Zi-Xiang Chi,^a Rong-Wen Lyu,*^b An-Min Cao*^a and Li-Jun Wan*^a

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^a Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, P. R. China
E-mail: anmin_cao@iccas.ac.cn, wanlijun@iccas.ac.cn

^b State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
E-mail: lurw@dlut.edu.cn

Abstract

This communication reports that the TiO₂@polydopamine nanocomposite with a core–shell structure could be a highly active photocatalyst working under visible light. A very thin layer of polydopamine at around 1 nm was found to be critical for the degradation of Rhodamine B.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC02041K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 Mar 2016
Accepted: 28 Apr 2016
First published: 28 Apr 2016

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Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 7122-7125

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Core–shell structured TiO₂@polydopamine for highly active visible-light photocatalysis

W. Mao, X. Lin, W. Zhang, Z. Chi, R. Lyu, A. Cao and L. Wan, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7122 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02041K

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