Synthesis and characterizations of hierarchical biomorphic titania oxide by a bio-inspired bottom-up assembly solution technique
- State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030 (China)
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Saga University, Saga 840-8502 (Japan)
- Instrumental Analysis Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030 (China)
As a representative semiconductor metal oxide, hierarchical biomorphic mesoporous TiO{sub 2} with interwoven meshwork conformation was successfully prepared using eggshell membrane (ESM) as a biotemplate by an aqueous soakage technique followed by calcination treatment. The synthesis conditions were systematically investigated by controlling the concentration, the pH value of the precursor impregnant, and so on. The nucleation, growth, and assembly into ESM-biomorphic TiO{sub 2} in our work depended more on the functions of ESM biomacromolecules as well as the processing conditions. As-prepared TiO{sub 2} meshwork exhibiting hierarchical porous structure with the pore size from 2 nm up to 4 {mu}m, was composed of intersectant fibers assembled by nanocrystallites at three dimensions. Based on the researches into the N{sub 2} adsorption-desorption isothermal and corresponding BJH pore-size distribution, the biomorphic TiO{sub 2} would arose interesting applications in some fields such as photocatalysis, gas sensors, antistatic coating, dye-sensitized solar cells, etc. This mild method and the relevant ideas offer a feasible path to synthesize a new family of functional materials by integrating material science, chemistry, and biotechnology. - Graphical abstract: Hierarchical mesoporous TiO{sub 2} is assembled by nanoparticles from the nanoscale to the macroscale through a bio-inspired sol-gel approach with eggshell membrane used as the biotemplate. As-prepared hierarchical titania shows porous characters within the pore size range of 2 nm-4 {mu}m.
- OSTI ID:
- 21015733
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 180, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2006.12.027; PII: S0022-4596(07)00002-3; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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