Formation features of zink titanate by electric explosion dispersion of titanium and zinc wires in an oxygen-containing atmosphere
In present work, we have synthesized, for the first time, zinc titanate nanoparticles by electric explosion of titanium and zinc wires in an oxygen-containing atmosphere (argon - oxygen 20 vol. %). As-synthesized nanoparticles nanoparticles were characterized using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The particles have a spherical shape and an average particle size of 82 nm. The phase composition is presented by zinc titanate and a small amount of titanium oxide, which corresponds to the phase diagram of the TiO2-ZnO system. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized nanoparticles was studied in the decomposition reaction of a model dye methylene blue and it was found that it was higher than that of titanium oxide nanoparticles obtained by electric explosion of a titanium wire in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. In addition, the synthesized nanoparticles demonstrated high antibacterial activity against MRSA bacteria.
Keywords
electric explosion of wires, composite nanoparticles, zinc titanate, photocatalysisAuthors
Name | Organization | |
Bakina O.V. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | ovbakina@ispms.tsc.ru |
Svarovskaya N.V. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | nvsv@ispms.tsc.ru |
Pervikov A.V. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | pervikov@list.ru |
Chzhou V.R. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | valeriya_chzhou99@mail.ru |
Vornakova E.A. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | katya.vornakova@mail.ru |
Lerner M.I. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | lerner@ispms.tsc.ru |
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