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Novel Titanium Oxide Materials Synthesized by Solvothermal and Supercritical Fluid Processes

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Titania (TiO2) represents the most widely used semiconductor photocatalysts and photovoltaics (Bach et al., Nature 395:583–585, 1998; Chen et al., Chem Soc Rev 39:4206–4219, 2010), and its performances heavily governed by the physical and chemical properties such as surface area, particle size, micro/nanostructures, exposed crystal planes, and surface chemistry (Dai et al., Nano Lett 9:2455–2459, 2009; Feng et al., Nano Lett 8:3781–3786, 2008; Liu et al., J Am Chem Soc 131:12868–12869, 2009; Yang et al., J Am Chem Soc 131:4078–4083, 2009). The structural parameters depend on the control of hydrolysis, condensation and crystallization of TiO2 precursors by the different synthesis methods. The aim of this chapter is to present the solvothermal and supercritical fluid methods, and to examine the influence of synthesis process on material structure and performance.

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This work was supported by NFSC (21261140333, 21237003, 21407106, 21207091, 21522703, 21577092), Shanghai government (14ZR1430800, 13SG44, 15520711300), and Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT1269) and International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry (IJLRC). Research is also supported by The Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning.

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Bian, Z., Huo, Y., Li, H. (2016). Novel Titanium Oxide Materials Synthesized by Solvothermal and Supercritical Fluid Processes. In: Yamashita, H., Li, H. (eds) Nanostructured Photocatalysts. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26079-2_1

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