The samples of nano-size ZnO were pre pared by precipitation,hydrolysis,sol-gel method and characterized b y X-ray diffraction,Uv-Vis diffuse r eflection spectrum,and time resolv ed luminescent spectrum.The results showed that the crystallite dimensions of a ll ZnO samples were coarsening with i ncreasing annealing temperature an d the grain sizes prepared by sol-gel meth od were obviously smaller than the others prepared by precipitation and h y-drolysis method.Under excitation o f monochromatic light of wavelength300nm,a strong and broad photolumin es-cence(PL)emissions were observed in the wavelength range of 420～780nm.As the grain size decreased,the PL peak positions moved to shorter wavelengths.And as the annealing temperature increased,the peak intensity de-creased.The photoluminescence dec ay profile of ZnO was well described b y three decay components of 46ns,330ns and 1630ns.
Pt/Pt 4+-TiO2 photocatalyst prepared by a modified sol-gel process was investigated by X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, time-resolved photoconductivity and terephthalic acid fluorescence probing. The photocatalytic activities of catalysts were evaluated by using ethylene oxidation studies under visible light irradiation（λ>450 nm） from 40 to 62 ℃. It is found that the platinum doping in titania caused significant absorption shift to the visible region and the surface recombination of photogenerated carriers was inhibited. The results show that ethylene was not converted on conventional TiO2 while the conversion was 90% and the complete mineralization was achieved over Pt-Pt 4+/TiO2 at 62 ℃ in our experiment. Besides the exponential increase of thermalcatalytic activity, pure photocatalytic activity of the planitized sample enhanced linearly with the increase of temperature.
