Solvothermal synthesis of N-doped TiO2nanotubes for visible-light-responsive photocatalysis

Zheng Jiang; Fan Yang; Nianjun Luo; Bryan T. T. Chu; Deyin Sun; Huahong Shi; Tiancun Xiao; Peter P. Edwards

doi:10.1039/B815430A

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Solvothermal synthesis of N-doped TiO₂nanotubes for visible-light-responsive photocatalysis†

Zheng Jiang,*^ab Fan Yang,^b Nianjun Luo,^a Bryan T. T. Chu,^a Deyin Sun,^b Huahong Shi,^a Tiancun Xiao^a and Peter P. Edwards*^a

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^a Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
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^b State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex System, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Abstract

Visible-light-responsive tubular N-doped TiO₂ nanocrystallites were synthesized via an environment-conscious solvothermal treatment of protonated titanate nanotubes in an NH₄Cl/ethanol/water solution.

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1. Synthesis of protonated titanate nanotubes; 2.photocatalytic reaction tests. 3. Possible formation mechanism ofN-TDNTs using ammonia salts as N-sources. 4. Fig. S1: XRD-patternsof N-TDNTs synthesized through solvothermal route with differentnitrogen sources PDF (358K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B815430A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 04 Sep 2008
Accepted: 06 Oct 2008
First published: 04 Nov 2008

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Chem. Commun., 2008, 6372-6374

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Solvothermal synthesis of N-doped TiO₂nanotubes for visible-light-responsive photocatalysis

Z. Jiang, F. Yang, N. Luo, B. T. T. Chu, D. Sun, H. Shi, T. Xiao and P. P. Edwards, Chem. Commun., 2008, 6372 DOI: 10.1039/B815430A

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