The titanium dioxide presents good properties as a photocatalyst material for application in processes of photocatalytic degradation. However, the titanium dioxide should be anchored on a suitable support. The use of red ceramic as supporting material can be an alternative very interesting due to the its low cost and ease of manufacturing. In this work was studied via X-ray diffraction the phase transformation anatase-rutile at different temperatures for supported titanium dioxide in red ceramic substrate prepared with kaolinitic clays from the Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ region. The results showed that the effect of the sintering temperature was promoting the structural change of the phase more photoactive (anatase) for the less photoactive (rutile). At 700 ºC about 50% of the anatase phase is retained for supported titanium dioxide in red ceramic substrate, independently of the clay type used.
titanium dioxide; XRD; photocatalysis; red ceramic
