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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
Volume 104, Issue 1, Pages 149-158Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-010-6085-2
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21073116]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2010JM2011]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [Gk200901003]
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Monodisperse microspheres constructed with rutile TiO2 nanorods were synthesized by a hydrothermal reaction of TiCl3 with Na2C2O4, ethylene glycol (EG) and H2O at 140-220 degrees C for 4-12 h. The diameter of the microspheres can be changed in the range of 190-1200 nm by tuning the reaction temperature and time. The constituent nanorods grow along the c-axis of rutile, the side facets of which are (110), ((1) over bar 10), (1 (1) over bar0), and ((11) over bar0). The formation of the rod-like structure results from the selective adsorption of C2O42- ions on {110} prismatic faces of rutile TiO2 nanorods. The hydrogen bonding formed between rutile TiO2 nanorods adsorbing EG drives the formation of the nanorod-based spherical nanoarchitectures. The photocatalytic ability of the as-prapared the anatase-rutile composite TiO2 nanorod-based nanospheres with a diameter of about 190 nm is stronger than that of rutile TiO2 nanorod-based nanospheres with diameters of 500 and 1000 nm.
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