Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method
Brookite is a polymorph of titanium dioxide along with anatase and rutile. The latter two have been extensively researched on as a photocatalyst. Synthesis of brookite is relatively difficult as compared to anatase or rutile due to its metastable phase and converts readily to the other polymorphs...
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| author | Nufrizal Abu Bakar. |
| author2 | Srinivasan Madhavi |
| author_facet | Srinivasan Madhavi Nufrizal Abu Bakar. |
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| description | Brookite is a polymorph of titanium dioxide along with anatase and rutile. The latter two
have been extensively researched on as a photocatalyst. Synthesis of brookite is relatively
difficult as compared to anatase or rutile due to its metastable phase and converts readily
to the other polymorphs. Therefore, little study has been done on its photocatalytic
properties. Several differing and contradicting methods have claimed to produce singlephase
brookite through varying techniques, which can be broadly categorized into
hydrothermal and thermolysis methods.
The objective of this study is to identify and synthesize single-phase pure brookite by
hydrothermal or thermolysis methods, or both. Synthesis parameters have been altered to
obtain the single-phase brookite. The powders were analysed through means of X-Ray
diffraction and the Rietveld refinement. While the various synthesis methods did not
result in single-phase brookite, varying weight percent of brookite were present, which
allowed comparison of the various methods.
The project identified several key factors definite to influence brookite yield.
Hydrothermal methods using acidic or slightly alkaline medium were able to give higher
brookite yield. Extended aging period of over 60 hours allowed for brookite formation as
well. Refining the process in Experiment 7 to obtain single-phase brookite through
changing the parameters of by peptization to separate brookite from the other phases is
also recommended. Refining the synthesis parameters is recommended for future works
to identify the optimal characteristics to create an improved brookite photocatalyst. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/154592023-03-04T15:33:36Z Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method Nufrizal Abu Bakar. Srinivasan Madhavi School of Materials Science and Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Brookite is a polymorph of titanium dioxide along with anatase and rutile. The latter two have been extensively researched on as a photocatalyst. Synthesis of brookite is relatively difficult as compared to anatase or rutile due to its metastable phase and converts readily to the other polymorphs. Therefore, little study has been done on its photocatalytic properties. Several differing and contradicting methods have claimed to produce singlephase brookite through varying techniques, which can be broadly categorized into hydrothermal and thermolysis methods. The objective of this study is to identify and synthesize single-phase pure brookite by hydrothermal or thermolysis methods, or both. Synthesis parameters have been altered to obtain the single-phase brookite. The powders were analysed through means of X-Ray diffraction and the Rietveld refinement. While the various synthesis methods did not result in single-phase brookite, varying weight percent of brookite were present, which allowed comparison of the various methods. The project identified several key factors definite to influence brookite yield. Hydrothermal methods using acidic or slightly alkaline medium were able to give higher brookite yield. Extended aging period of over 60 hours allowed for brookite formation as well. Refining the process in Experiment 7 to obtain single-phase brookite through changing the parameters of by peptization to separate brookite from the other phases is also recommended. Refining the synthesis parameters is recommended for future works to identify the optimal characteristics to create an improved brookite photocatalyst. Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Engineering) 2009-05-04T06:44:46Z 2009-05-04T06:44:46Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15459 en Nanyang Technological University 47 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Nufrizal Abu Bakar. Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method |
| title | Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method |
| title_full | Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method |
| title_fullStr | Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method |
| title_short | Experimental study on pure Brookite synthesis method |
| title_sort | experimental study on pure brookite synthesis method |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Materials |
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