Kyushu University · Energy
Professor Chitiphon Chuaicham's research lab specializes in the development and characterization of advanced photocatalytic materials for environmental remediation, with a focus on metal oxides, carbon nitrides, and clay-based composites. The lab investigates the electronic structure and surface properties of these materials using advanced spectroscopic techniques such as reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy to understand electron trap distributions and their correlation with photocatalytic efficiency. Key research directions include the design of heteroatom-doped g-C₃N₄, ZnTi-based mixed oxides, and iron oxalate from natural ores for visible-light-driven degradation of organic pollutants in water.
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In this study, ZnTi-mixed metal oxides (ZTM), such as ZnTiO<sub>3</sub>, were synthesized from ZnTi layered double hydroxides by varying the molar ratio of Zn/Ti, calcination temperatures, and synthesis methods (hydrothermal or reflux). The surface electronic characteristics of ZTM were investigated by the energy-resolved distribution of electron traps (ERDTs) using reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy. The ZTM samples obtained by conducting hydrothermal synthesis at 500 °C showed sim
The photocatalytic activity of sepiolite was examined for degradation of several dye compounds under visible light irradiation. Higher adsorption capacities and greater photocatalytic performance of cationic dyes (rhodamine B and methylene blue) were observed on sepiolite, in comparison with anionic dyes (orange II and trypan blue). Superiority in the photocatalytic activity of cationic dyes is attributed to the strong electrostatic attraction and photosensitization properties of cationic dye mo
We report for the first time to our knowledge the identification of heteroatom-doped and undoped C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> with the energy-resolved distribution of electron traps (ERDT) near the conduction band bottom position (CBB) using reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy. The ERDT/CBB pattern is used to classify the type of elemental doping in C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>, related to photocatalytic efficiency.
Photocatalysis is a remarkable methodology that is popular and applied in different interdisciplinary research areas such as the degradation of hazardous organic contaminants in wastewater. In recent years, clay-based photocatalyst composites have attracted significant attention in the field of photocatalysis owing to their abundance, excellent light response ability, and stability. This review describes the combination of clay with focusing photocatalysts such as TiO2, g-C3N4, and Bi-based comp
In this study, iron oxalate dihydrate (FOD-ore) was produced from iron ore by the process using oxalic acid to extract iron, followed by photo-reduction. Several techniques, such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-Ray analysis (SEM-EDX), ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), were used to determine the physicochemical properties of
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