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• TITLE: One-Step Microemulsion-Mediated Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanocrystalline TiO2

  AUTHORS: Xuyao Xu, Xiaosong Zhou, Lin Ma, Miaoyan Mo, Cuifen Ren, Rongkai Pan

  KEYWORDS: Titanium Dioxide; Microemulsion; Hydrothermal Method; Photocatalytic Activity

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering, Vol.4 No.1, March 13, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Nanocrystalline TiO2 powders with high photocatalytic activity were prepared by one-step microemulsion-mediated hydrothermal method using tetrabutylorthotitanate (TiO(C4H9)4, TBOT) as precursor. The as-prepared TiO2 powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area measurements. The effects of the oil/water ratio and hydrothermal temperature on the microstructures and photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 powders were investigated. The results suggest that increasing the oil/water emulsion ratio significantly decreased the particle size of the as-prepared TiO2 powders and improved the photocatalytic activity. With hydrothermal temperature increasing, the average crystallite size increased and the photocatalytic activities of TiO2 powders decreased.