钛层柱粘土的合成 Ⅰ．四氯化钛作钛源

由ＴｉＣｌ４／ＨＣｌ配制的含钛柱化剂与粘土进行阳离子交换后得到大孔钛层柱粘土（Ｔｉ－ＰＩＬＣ），详细研究了各种合成条件，诸如Ｔｉ（Ⅳ）及ＨＣｌ浓度，柱化剂老化时间，粘土初始浓度，交换温度及配料比等对层柱粘土的大孔及比表面积的影响．优化条件合成的Ｔｉ－ＰＩＬＣ存在两种晶面间距（ｄ００１），其中之一（２．５６ｎｍ）对应大孔结构．Ｔｉ－ＰＩＬＣ比表面积为３２８ｍ２／ｇ，５００℃焙烧后ｄ００１保持２．３２ｎｍ，６５０℃焙烧后比表面积仍达３０１．４ｍ２／ｇ．Ｔｉ－ＰＩＬＣ的大孔结构主要取决于交换时混合液中Ｔｉ（Ⅳ）和ＨＣｌ浓度，并与柱化剂老化时间、交换温度等因素有关；与原柱化剂中Ｔｉ（Ⅳ）和ＨＣｌ浓度无关．混合液中ＣＨＣｌ提高，Ｔｉ－ＰＩＬＣ的比表面积下降；当ＣＨＣｌ增至７０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ时，产物中大晶面间距消失，仅留下小晶面间距（～１．４ｎｍ）．随着混合液中ＣＴｉＣｌ４的提高，Ｔｉ－ＰＩＬＣ的比表面积先上升而后下降。当ＣＴｉＣｌ４增至１４６ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ时，产物也仅有小晶面间距（１．４ｎｍ）．     

Large-scale synthesis of hollow titania spheres via flame combustion

A one-step method for continuous large-scale synthesis of well-defined hollow titania spheres was established by feeding titanium tetrachloride mixed with ethanol vapor to a facile diffusion flame. A mixture of TiCl₄ and C₂H₅OH vapor was transported at 100 m/s into a flame reactor and condensed into mesoscale droplets due to Joule–Thomson cooling and the entrainment of cool gases into the expanding high-speed jet. Hollow crystalline TiO₂ spheres with good thermal stability were formed after the hydrolysis of TiCl₄ in the H₂/air flame at about 1500 °C. Structural characterization indicates that the hollow spheres, with uniform diameter of 300 nm and shell thickness of 35 nm, consist of 20–30 nm TiO₂ nanocrystallites. A formation mechanism of the hollow spheres was proposed, involving the competition between chemical reaction and diffusion during the flame process. The present study provides a new pathway for continuous and large-scale engineering of hollow nanomaterials.