Effects of hydrothermal temperature and acid concentration on the transition from titanate to titania

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Abstract

Nanostructured titanates were prepared by alkaline hydrothermal processing. The titanates were transformed to the anatase particles at low concentrations of acid, whereas the rutile rods were produced from the titanates at high concentrations of acid. These changes were more retarded in the titanate nanofiber product than in titanate nanotubes product, which could be attributed to the stability and high crystallinity of the titanate nanofiber product prepared at a high hydrothermal temperature. The photocatalytic activities of the acid treated nanostructured titanates for MB degradation and gaseous CH 3CHO oxidation were strongly dependent on the presence of the anatase crystalline phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1141-1148
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 May 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the DGIST R&D Program of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea ( 11-NB-03 ). It was also supported by the technology innovation program of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea (Industrial strategic technology development program, No 10034046).

Keywords

  • Hydrothermal
  • Nanostructure
  • Phase transformation
  • Photocatalytic
  • Titanates
  • Titania

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