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Article Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 8The Effect of Powder Preparation Method on the Artificial Photosynthesis Activities of Neodymium Doped Titania Powders(Elsevier, 2018) Yurtsever, Hüsnü Arda; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinThe effects of nanostructure on the artificial photosynthesis activities of undoped and Nd doped titania (TiO2) powders prepared by three different chemical co-precipitation methods were investigated. Substitutional/interstitial N and S doping was observed in powders due to the presence of high concentrations of HNO3 (NP) and H2SO4 (SP) in the powder preparation media, respectively. Nd, N and S doping caused anatase/rutile phase transformation inhibition and crystallite size reduction in the nanostructure. Light absorption was significantly enhanced by Nd doping and the residual SO42-/NOx species in the nanostructure. Photocatalytic hydrogen production activity of Nd doped NP powder was 4 times greater than undoped NP powder at 700 degrees C and had a high purity (CO:H-2 ratio similar to 0.00). CO was determined to be the main product in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. NP powders had the highest CO yields and Nd doping enhanced CO production. The powders with high crystallite sizes and rutile weight fractions had the highest artificial photosynthesis activities. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 48Citation - Scopus: 49The Effect of Rare Earth Element Doping on the Microstructural Evolution of Sol-Gel Titania Powders(Elsevier Ltd., 2017) Yurtsever, Hüsnü Arda; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinThe development of a better understanding of the low temperature nanophase evolution of high surface area titania (TiO2) based powders is essential for their use in photocatalytic applications. A series of rare earth (RE) element doped TiO2 powders were prepared by sol-gel processing. The effects of RE doping level, ionic size and heat treatment temperature on the nanophase structure evolution and the dopant ion location in TiO2 main matrix were investigated. Anatase was determined to be the main phase up to 900 °C at all doping levels for all REs. Anatase to rutile phase transformation was inhibited by RE doping. The inhibitory effect of REs increased with increasing ionic radius. Oxide phases of La, Nd, Pr, Sm were not present up to 5% and Nd4Ti9O24 phase was formed at 10% doping level at 800 °C. The formation of RE2Ti2O7 phases were determined for the REs with relatively lower ionic radii at 800 °C.Article Citation - WoS: 19Citation - Scopus: 17Preparation and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Titania Powders by Sonochemical Synthesis(Elsevier Ltd., 2012) Çağlar Duvarcı, Özlem; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinNanocrystalline mesoporous titania powders were synthesized by hydrolyzing titanium isopropoxide in ethanol-water mixtures which were ultrasonically treated without using any templates or chemicals. Titanium isopropoxide-ethanol mixture was added dropwise to a water-ethanol mixture placed in an ultrasonic bath. The properties of the sonochemically synthesized powder were compared with those of the powders prepared without ultrasonic treatment along with Degussa P-25 titania powder. The phase structure, crystallite size, surface area, particle size, powder density were determined and sintering behavior was analyzed in this work. The nanotitania powder prepared during ultrasonic induced hydrolysis (TiO 2-U) was determined to be formed from a mixture of anatase and brookite phases at 25°C. The brookite phase in nanotitania powder prepared without ultrasonic treatment (TiO 2-NoU) was detected at 70°C. The anatase-rutile phase transformation was completed in the 500-700°C range for both powders. The average crystallite sizes of the powders at 25°C were determined as 10 and 5nm for TiO 2-NoU and TiO 2-U, respectively. The surface area decreased from 238 to106m 2/g for TiO 2-NoU and from 287 to 82m 2/g for TiO 2-U when the calcination temperature was increased from 200 to 500°C. The evolution of the N 2 adsorption-desorption behavior with calcination temperature and the corresponding pore size distributions/volumes was attributed to the formation of closely packed submicron aggregates during powder synthesis and calcination. The sintering behavior was concluded to be controlled by 7-10nm crystallites and the submicron aggregates. The determination of the densification behavior of titania powders prepared by different methods with various levels of dopants may prove to be very useful for a better understanding of the phase/pore structure evolution which is crucial for a significant number of applications.Article Citation - WoS: 15Citation - Scopus: 17Preparation of Particulate/Polymeric Sol-Gel Derived Microporous Silica Membranes and Determination of Their Gas Permeation Properties(Elsevier Ltd., 2010) Topuz, Berna; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinMonodisperse silica sols with well-defined spherical particles ranging in size from 5 to 310 nm were prepared through Stober process. Both particulate and polymeric sol-gel routes were employed for the preparation of stable silica sols. The use of polymeric species in combination with particulate silica spheres may allow the design of predefined membrane pore structures with high thermal stability by cubic/random/close packing of monodisperse spherical particles incorporated into the polymeric network. The size and volume content of spheres were varied in order to modify the consolidation behaviour of 2-structural silica membranes which would enhance the thermal stability. The low shrinkage level for sphere loaded 2-structural systems compared to the pure polymeric counterparts might be explained by the decrease in the structural free energy of the polymeric/particulate 2-structural system. The thermal stability of the microporous membranes may thus be improved by incorporating particulates into the polymeric network through the formation of a lower extent of thermally induced microcrack formation. The N2 permeation through 90 nm silica sphere added silica membranes remained constant when they were heat treated in the 250-400 °C range indicating the stability of the pore network. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 21Citation - Scopus: 32Separation of Whey Components by Using Ceramic Composite Membranes(Elsevier Ltd., 2006) Erdem, İlker; Çiftçioğlu, Muhsin; Harsa, Hayriye ŞebnemCeramic supports were prepared from alumina powder and dip-coated with zirconia sol. The ceramic composite membranes prepared were characterized with respect to their microstructure/pore structures. The supports were 40% porous of which 87% were open pores. The average particle size of the sol particles was 35 nm. The prepared membrane has good protein lactose separation properties with a relatively high protein content (PR ∼80%) and with relatively low lactose retention (LR ∼7%). The permeate flux value was around 40 l/m2h. These results indicate the possibility of the preparation of ceramic composite membranes for separation of whey components with higher yields.Article Citation - WoS: 44Citation - Scopus: 50Thermal Behaviour of a Zeolitic Tuff(Elsevier Ltd., 2007) Çağlar Duvarcı, Özlem; Akdeniz, Yelda; Özmıhçı Ömürlü, Filiz; Ülkü, Semra; Balköse, Devrim; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinNatural zeolites undergo structural changes after heating which open their possible use in different fields, related to their chemical and physical properties, such as building stone, lightweight aggregate, ceramic foam, concrete bricks, tiles, porcelain stoneware and additive in puzzolonic cements. In this study, thermal behavior of zeolitic tuff quarried from Gördes-Manisa, region of Turkey was investigated. Zeolitic rocks were first reduced to 2 μm and pellets were prepared by dry-pressing. The pellets were heated for 30 min in the temperature range of 200-1200 °C. Heating the tuff up to 600 °C did not cause any structural change detectable by X-Ray powder diffraction (X-Ray), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermal characterization methods with regard to the original sample, while further increase in the temperature caused structural breakdown of zeolitic tuff. The appearance of the broad low intensity peaks in X-Ray diffraction diagrams indicated most probably a partial transformation of crystal structure into an amorphous structure. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) micrographs showed that the crystals seen in the original rock sample were broken during grinding and pressing processes. The crystal structure disappeared above 1000 °C and the spherical pores was observed at 1200 °C. Chemical composition of the zeolitic tuff did not change significantly with respect to temperature. The highest density (2.28 g/cm3) and hardness (387 Hv) were obtained by sintering the pellets at 1000 °C for 30 min.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 7Alumina/Water Suspensions in the Presence of Peo-Ppo Triblock Copolymers(Elsevier Ltd., 2004) Şakar Deliormanlı, Aylin; Polat, Hürriyet; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinThe aim of this study was to investigate the stability and dispersion behaviour of aqueous alumina suspensions in the presence of polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide-polyethylene oxide (PEO-PPO-PEO) type triblock copolymers. For this purpose alumina suspensions at various solids loadings were prepared using four different methods. These are: Method I: powder and water were stirred only; Method II: powder and water were stirred and ultrasonic treatment was applied; Method III: powder and water were stirred in the presence of block copolymers; Method IV: powder and water were stirred and ultrasonic treatment was applied in the presence of block copolymers. These suspensions were characterized by means of rheological measurements. Sedimentation and turbidity measurements were also conducted to support these results and to investigate the stability of these systems for longer times. Surface tension measurements were performed to investigate the adsorption behaviour of block copolymers onto alumina surface. It was found that the use of PEO-PPO-PEO type triblock copolymers improved the dispersion behaviour of aqueous alumina suspensions in the presence of ultrasonic treatment at low solids loadings. However their effect was not significant at high solids loadings and without ultrasonic treatment.