Solvothermal synthesis of TiO2: anatase nanocrystals and rutile nanofibres from TiCl4 in acetone |
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| Authors: | Yu Wu Hong‐Mei Liu Bo‐Qing Xu |
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| Affiliation: | Innovative Catalysis Program, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | This work reports a new synthetic approach for single‐phase TiO2 nanomaterials by solvothermal treatment of titanium tetrachloride in acetone at 80–110 °C. Small, uniform, and yet size‐tunable (5–10 nm) anatase titania nanocrystallites were obtained using a low concentration of TiCl4 in acetone (i.e., at molar ratios of TiCl4/acetone ≤ 1:15) in the temperature range of 80–110 °C, while rutile nanofibers were synthesized using a high concentration of TiCl4 (e.g., TiCl4/acetone = 1:10) at 110 °C. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | single‐phase titania nanomaterials titania nanofibre nonaqueous synthesis acetone |
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