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NANOSCALE
Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 1910-1916Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0nr01016b
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- FAPESP [98/14324-0]
- FINEP
- CNPq
- CAPES
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In this work, we describe a kinetically controlled crystallization process assisted by an oriented attachment (OA) mechanism based on a nonaqueous sol-gel synthetic method (specifically, the reaction of titanium(IV) chloride (TiCl4) with n-octanol) to prepare re-crystallized anatase TiO2 mesocrystals (single crystal). The kinetics study revealed a multi-step and hierarchical process controlled by OA, and a high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analysis clearly shows that the synthesized mesocrystal presents a truncated bipyramidal Wulff shape, indicating that its surface is dominated by {101} facets. This shape is developed during the recrystallization step. The material developed here displayed superior photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation compared to TiO2-P25 as a benchmarking.
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