Synthesis of Fe₃O₄/TiO₂ Nanocomposite as Photocatalyst in Photoreduction Reaction of CO₂ Conversion to Methanol

Abstract

TiO2 modified Fe3O4 nanocomposite as photocatalyst in CO2 indirect reduction was synthesized by an ultrasonic-assisted sol-gel method and its photocatalytic activity was studied as well. The modification of the TiO2 composite was attempted to modify titanium dioxide to have better performance as a photocatalyst. Magnetite synthesis was carried out by the sono-coprecipitation method with the addition of the capping agent. The magnetite was coated with TiO2 via the sol-gel method under ultrasonic irradiation. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared spectrophotometry (FT-IR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and turbidimetry. The final product was also analyzed by diffuse reflectance UV-Visible (DR-UV) and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX). The product of indirect reduction was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Photocatalytic reaction with Fe3O4/TiO2 nanocomposite produced a higher concentration of methanol than using TiO2. Methanol concentration produced from the photocatalytic reaction using TiO2 and Fe3O4/TiO2 was 6.63% and 16.82%.

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