Doping mechanism of Vanadia/Titania nanoparticles in flame synthesis by a novel optical spectroscopy technique

Yihua Ren, Yiyang Zhang, Shuiqing Li, Chung King Law

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Abstract

Flame synthesis of V-doping TiO2 is studied by in situ diagnostic of phase selective laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). We apply this novel optical spectroscopy to tracing the gas-to-particle phase transition of V and Ti elements, as low-intensity laser only excites V and Ti atoms present in the particle phase but not in the gas phase. Both V and Ti atomic signals appear early at the burner exit and plateau downstream after a distance about 14 mm. Compared with signals in pure TiO2 synthesis, the signal of Ti in the doping synthesis is significantly strengthened due to the lower band gap of V-doped TiO2. The doping mechanism is then inferred from the observations. It is deduced that the substantial collision and mixing of the nucleated V and Ti oxides occur even at the burner rim and persist through the entire process. The signal intensities of both V and Ti atoms increase with laser power and tend to plateau at about 20 mJ/pulse. In the flatten region, the ratio of V and Ti signal intensities is almost proportional to the doping ratio of V and Ti elements in the particle phase, showing feasibility of utilizing the optical method in the doping ratio measurement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2283-2289
Number of pages7
JournalProceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event30th International Symposium on Combustion - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Jul 25 2004Jul 30 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Keywords

  • Flame synthesis
  • Gas-to-particle conversion
  • Phase-selective LIBS
  • V-doped TiO

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