Nitrogen doping TiO2 and gamma-Al2O3 composite oxide granules (N-TiO2/gamma-Al2O3) were prepared by co-precipitation/oil-drop/calcination in gaseous NH3 process using titanium sulphate and aluminum nitrate as raw materials. After calcination at 550 degrees C in NH3 atmosphere, the composite granules showed anatase TiO2 and gamma-Al2O3 phases with the granularity of 0.5-1.0 mm. The anatase crystallite size of composite granules was range from 3.5-25 nm calculated from XRD result. The UV-Vis spectra and N 1s XPS spectra indicated that N atoms were incorporated into the TiO2 crystal lattice. The product granules could be used as a photocatalyst in moving bed reactor, and was demonstrated a higher visible-light photocatalytic activity for 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation compared with commercial P25 TiO2. When the mole ratio of TiO2 to Al2O3 equal to 1.0 showed the highest catalytic activity, the degradation percentage of 2,4-chlorophenol could be up to 92.5%, under 60 W fluorescent light irradiation for 9 hours. The high visible-light photocatalytic activity might be a synergetic effect of nitrogen doping and the form of binary metal oxide of TiO2 and gamma-Al2O3.
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