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Synthesis and Reaction Chemistry of Nanosize Monosodium Titanate
Published on: February 23, 2016
Water-assisted crystallization of mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanospheres
Na Li1, Qiao Zhang2, Ji Bong Joo3
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P. R. China and Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu.
Abstract:
We report a facile water-assisted crystallization process for the conversion of amorphous sol-gel derived TiO2 into mesoporous anatase nanostructures with a high surface area and well-controlled porosity and crystallinity. As an alternative to conventional calcination methods, this approach works under very mild conditions and is therefore much desired for broad biological, environmental and catalytic applications.
