Study on the structural and photocatalytic properties for pore size tailored SnO 2-pillared layered titanate nanohybrids

Abstract

A new mesoporous SnO 2-pillared layered titanate is prepared by hybridizing the exfoliated titanate nanosheets with SnO 2 nanosol particles. The pore size tailored porous nanohybrids (S BET = 74∼280 m 2/g and d = 18∼96 Å) are obtained after calcining an as-prepared sample. The mesoporous nanohybrids exhibited different photocatalytic behaviors for salicylic acid and methylene blue depending upon their crystallinity and porous structure. Copyright © 2011 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.