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CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 1265-1271Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2007.11.016
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nanomaterials; TiO2 nanowires; hydrothermal; water splitting; photocatalysis
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TiO2 nanowires (TiO2 NWs) were synthesized through the one step hydrothermal process in 10 M NaOH (aq.) at 150 degrees C for 72 h followed by post-heat-treatment at 300-1000 degrees C for 2 h. SEM and XRD measurements revealed that as-synthesized TiO2 NWs were transformed into TiO2 (B) structure with maintaining ID morphology at 300-400 degrees C and further transformed into anatase structure at 500-800 degrees C. At 900-1000 degrees C, they partly transformed into rod-shaped rutile structure. The photocatalytic activity of prepared samples was evaluated with photocatalytic H-2 evolution from aqueous methanol solution. The results indicated that the TiO2 NWs treated at appropriate post-heat-treatment temperature exhibited higher photocatalytic H-2 evolution than that of starting TiO2 powder (Degussa P-25). (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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