XAFS Study on Nano-Sized Metal Catalyst Prepared by a Photo-Assisted Deposition Using Ti-Containing Mesoporous Silica Thin Film Photocatalyst
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
Transparent Ti-containing mesoporous silica (TMS) thin films can be prepared on quartz plates using the spin-coating sol-gel method. These thin films have performed super-hydrophilic surface property. Using a photo-assisted deposition (PAD) method, nano-sized Pt metal can be highly deposited on TMS thin films under UV-light irradiation. XAFS measurement indicates that TMS thin films contain isolated and tetrahedrally coordinated Ti-oxide moieties in the frameworks and nano-sized Pt particles can be highly deposited on the photo-excited Ti species in TMS thin films. Measurement of contact angle of droplet water showed that the surface property of Pt/TMS thin film is also hydrophilic as comparable to that of original TMS thin film.
- OSTI ID:
- 21054748
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 882, Issue 1; Conference: XAFS13: 13. international conference on X-ray absorption fine structure, Stanford, CA (United States), 9-14 Jul 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2644668; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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