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Mesoporous titania nanoparticles (denoted as MTN) with high surface area (e.g., 252 m2 g−1) were prepared using tetrapropyl orthotitanate (TPOT) as a titania precursor and 10–20 nm or 20–30 nm silica colloids as templates. Co-assembly of TPOT and silica colloids in an aerosol-assisted process and immediate calcination at 450 °C resulted in anatase/silica composite nanoparticles. Subsequent removal of the silica colloids from the composite by NaOH solution created mesopores in the TiO2 nanoparticles with pore size corresponding to that of silica colloids. Effects of silica colloids’ contents on MTN porosity and crystallites’ growth at a higher calcination temperature (e.g., 1000 °C) were investigated. Silica colloids suppressed the growth of TiO2 crystallites during calcination at a higher calcination temperature and controllable contents of the silica colloids in precursor solution resulted in various atomic ratios of anatase to rutile in the calcinated materials. The mesostructure and crystalline structure of these titania materials were characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA)-thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), and N2 sorption.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this work by NASA (Grant No. NAG-1-02070 and NCC-3-946), the Office of Naval Research, the Louisiana Board of Regents (Grant No. LEQSF(2001-04)-RD-B-09), National Science Foundation (Grant No. NSF-DMR-0124765, and CAREER award).
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Wu, Z., Lu, Y. Aerosol-assisted synthesis of mesoporous titania nanoparticles with high surface area and controllable phase composition. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 53, 287–292 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-009-2089-9
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