Abstract

Minto Supenoand Rikson Siburian

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/340247

We reported that Na-bentonite performance which was obtained at Kecamatan Padang Tualang, Kabupaten Langkat. The purposes of this research are to produce pillaried clay base on bentonite material and to study of hydrogen and oxygen formation as well as performance of pillaried clas as catalyst and cocatalyst to splited water. The TiO₂-bentonite performance was characterized with XRD, FTIR, BET, SEM, and hydrolysis of water to form hydrogen and oxygen. The results show that etched TiO₂–bentonite which was heated at 450°C has wide surface area (92.01 m²/g) and the porous volum 0,044 cm³/g, and showed that the total hydrogen and oxygen gases produced was 78.5 % after 4 days. It is higher than non-etched TiO₂–bentonite (60.4 %). It concludes that TiO₂-bentonite may be used as a co-catalyst to produce hydrogen.

Pillaried Clay; Bentonite; TiO2; H2-O2 Formation; Splitting Water

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