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Lu Yao1, Jiatang Chen1, Zhiqiang Wang1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) with amorphous and crystalline structures have attracted interest due to their wide range of applications, particularly black TiO2, which addresses the limitations of conventional TiO2 (a wide band gap of 3.0-3.2 eV). Understanding the amorphous-to-anatase phase transition is crucial for phase control of crystalline TiO2. This study investigates the size-dependent phase transition behavior of TiO2 and black TiO2 NTs using temperature-dependent synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction. Thermal treatments reveal that phase transitions occur in the ranges of 210-240 °C for normal NTs and 270-300 °C for black NTs. The onset temperature and crystallization growth are dependent on size, especially NT length, at least in the system under investigation. We observe anisotropic crystallization in quantum confinement, with the unit cell undergoing compression in the a-axis and expansion in the c-axis during crystallization. The longest black NTs (BV50T4) show a significant difference in the c/a ratio. Defects, such as oxygen vacancies, localize on specific NT planes.
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