Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 860-865Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am201535u
Keywords
TiO2; hollow spheres; nanostructures; template free fabrication; photocatalysis
Funding
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) [2010CB933504]
- Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists of Shandong Province [JQ200903]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2011BZ002]
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Submicrometer-sized anatase TiO2 hollow spheres were fabricated through a template-free solvothermal route using TiCl4 as a raw material and a mixture of alcohols-acetone as solvent. Control of the hollow spheres' size was achieved by adjusting the ratio of alcohols to acetone. Products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution TEM, X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR.), and thermogravimetric, (TG) analysis. It was found that the formation process of the TiO2 hollow spheres might include the hydrolysis of Ti(IV) with the water formed from the solvothermal etherification reaction, the aggregation of the anatase TiO2 nanoparticles, and the Ostwald ripening. Furthermore, the as prepared TiO2 hollow nanostructures exhibited good photocatalytic activity for the degradation of phenol.
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