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Synthesis of Zr-doped TiO2 templated from cloth and its photocatalytic activity

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Biomorphic Zr-doped TiO2 (Zr x Ti1 − x O2) with hierarchical micro- and nanostructures was successfully fabricated using cloth as the host template. We found that the resulting Zr x Ti1 − x O2 faithfully duplicated the morphologic microstructures of the initial cloth with grain size of about 10–50 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared Zr x Ti1 − x O2 was examined by the degradation of rhodamine B in aqueous solution under simulated solar light, which showed that templates pretreated with NaOH solution followed by mixed acid and an appropriate amount of doped Zr (3 mol%) could significantly enhance the photocatalytic activities of Zr x Ti1 − x O2. This simple template method provides a cost-effective and ecofriendly route to synthesize other metal-doped semiconductor materials of predicted morphology.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21007053, 51102204, 61106125), Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province (2012IRTSTHN021), Science & Research Program of Henan Province (082102230036), Leading Young Teachers in Henan Provincial Institutions of Higher Education of China (2010GGJS-175), Foundation of Henan Educational Committee (2010B150026), and Henan Province of International Science & Technology Cooperation (114300510011, 124300510054).

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    Baojun Huang, Manying Liu, Yange Zhang, Pinjiang Li & Zhi Zheng

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Huang, B., Liu, M., Zhang, Y. et al. Synthesis of Zr-doped TiO2 templated from cloth and its photocatalytic activity. Ionics 19, 681–687 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-012-0785-x

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