Asiltürk, MSayilkan, FErdemoglu, SAkarsu, MSayilkan, HErdemoglu, MArpaç, E2024-08-042024-08-0420060304-38941873-3336https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.08.027https://hdl.handle.net/11616/94287Pure anatase-TiO2 nanoparticles with 8 nm average crystallite size was synthesized hydrothermally at 200 degrees C in 2 h. The structural and physicochemical properties of nano-TiO2 were determined by powder XRD, FT-IR, BET and SEM analyses. The behavior of anatase nano-TiO2 in catalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RB) dye in transparent nano-TiO2 sol under UV-light was examined as a function of irradiation power of UV-Iight, irradiation time, amount of nano-TiO2 and initial RB concentration in the sol. Rhodamine B was fully degraded with the catalysis of the nano-TiO2 in a short time as low as 60 min. Photocatalytic activity of the nano-TiO2 for degradation of RB was compared with Degussa P-25 at optimum catalysis conditions determined for the nano-TiO2. It was found that, when compared to Degussa P-25, the nano-TiO2 could be repeatedly used with increasing photocatalytic activity. It was found that the photodegradation obeys the pseudo first-order reaction kinetics with the rate constant of 0.0658 min(-1), and the half period t(1/2) was 10.53 min. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessnano-titaniahydrothermal processphotodegradationRhodamine BArticle1291-31641701618838210.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.08.0272-s2.0-33644554806Q1WOS:000236299100021Q1