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Preparation of rutile (TiO2) nanostructured materials at low temperature from TiCl4 aqueous solution

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The synthesis of rutile (TiO2) nanostructured materials at low temperature from TiCl4 aqueous solution was described. TiO2 coatings on polystyrene (PS) particles were prepared by layer-by-layer assembly technique. The samples were characterized by DTA-TG, SEM, XPS, TEM and XRD techniques. The experimental results showed that pure rutile-TiO2 coatings with nanocrystal structure were synthesized at 100 °C. On the surface of PS particles, sphere-type TiO2 coatings exhibited uniform shape and a narrow size distribution. The amount of TO2 (wt%) and shell thickness of particles increased with the adding of coating layers. Hollow TiO2 spheres were obtained by calcination at 450 °C. TiO2/PS with 2 coating layers showed higher degradation rate. The photocatalytic activity of hollow TiO2 spheres was higher than that of TiO2/PS.

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This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50342016).

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  1. College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050016, China

    Ru-Fen Chen, Lei Zhang & Yu Wei

  2. College of Physics Science and Information Engineering, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050016, China

    Deng-Lu Hou

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Chen, RF., Zhang, L., Wei, Y. et al. Preparation of rutile (TiO2) nanostructured materials at low temperature from TiCl4 aqueous solution. J Mater Sci 42, 7141–7146 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-1681-z

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