The sulfur-doped titanium dioxide (S/TiO2) was prepared by calcinations. The photocatalytic decomposition of benzoic acid solution was carried out under simulated sun light; the photocatalytic activity is 2.7 times of TiO2. The results of XRD show that the sulfur can restrain the crystallization transformation of TiO2 from anatase to rutile, although the calcinations temperature has attained 500 ℃, the crystallization still is anatase entirely. The responsive wavelength range of S/TiO2 was shifted; it has obvious absorption in the region from 320 to 550 nm. The S (S6+) substituted for some of the lattice titanium atoms in S/TiO2. At the same time the XRF also prove the formation of S6+ and the atomic content is 2.13%.
The N/TiO2 was prepared by wet hydrolyzation method. The photocatalytic decomposition of benzoic acid solution was carried out under simulated sun light; the photocatalytic activity was 2.47 times of TiO2. The products were characterized by XRD, SPS, EFISPS and XPS, respectively. The results of XRD showed that the N could restrain the crystallization transformation of TiO2 from anatase to rutile. The N/TiO2 was still n-type semiconductor, and the absorbance wavelength appeared red-shifted by N-doping. The band gap of N/TiO2 was decreased to 2.7 eV. The amount of doped-N is about 0.94at.%. The binding energy of N1s are 396.62 eV (Ti-N bonds, β-N) and 400.87 eV (N-N bonds, γ-N2), respectively, and the photocatalytic activity of N/TiO2 under visible light is related to the β-N. The N atoms replace the O of the TiO2 and form the Ti-N bonding.
