Sol-hydrothermal preparation and photocatalysis of titanium dioxide

  • C. Su*
  • , C. M. Tseng
  • , L. F. Chen
  • , B. H. You
  • , B. C. Hsu
  • , S. S. Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nanosized TiO2 with controlled crystal phase/structure was prepared by a sol-hydrothermal process using titanium (IV) n-butoxide as a precursor of TiO2. After hydrothermal processing at 200 °C for 1 h, the granulous anatase phase with average crystal size of 5 nm was formed. Upon increasing the heat treatment period to more than 5 h, the rod-like rutile phase with particle size of 19 × 70 nm became predominant. The structure evolution from X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle size/morphology from transmission electron microscopy (TEM), surface area from Brunauer-Emmitt-Teller (BET) analysis, and photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 products show strong correlation with the hydrothermal conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-265
Number of pages7
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume498
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 03 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the Third Asian Conference on Chemical Vapor Deposition (Third Asian-CVD), Third Asian CVD -
Duration: 12 11 200414 11 2004

Keywords

  • Nanostructures
  • Sol-hydrothermal
  • Titanium dioxide

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