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Title: Effects of hydrothermal post-treatment on microstructures and morphology of titanate nanoribbons

Abstract

Titanate nanoribbons were prepared via a hydrothermal treatment of rutile-type TiO{sub 2} powders in a 10 M NaOH solution at 200 deg. C for 48 h. The as-prepared titanate nanoribbons were then hydrothermally post-treated at 150 deg. C for 12-36 h. The titanate nanoribbons before and after hydrothermal post-treatment were characterized with FESEM, XRD, TEM, UV-VIS and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. The results showed that the hydrothermal post-treatment not only promoted the phase transformation from titanate to anatase TiO{sub 2}, but also was beneficial to the removal of Na{sup +} ions remained in the titanate nanoribbons. After hydrothermal post-treatment, the TiO{sub 2} samples retained the one-dimensional structure feature of the titanate nanoribbons and showed an obvious increase in the specific surface area and the pore volume.

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 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070 (China)
  2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070 (China). E-mail: jiaguoyu@yahoo.com
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20784869
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry; Journal Volume: 179; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2005.10.024; PII: S0022-4596(05)00492-5; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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United States
Language:
English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RUTILE; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; TITANATES; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Yu Huogen, Yu Jiaguo, Cheng Bei, and Zhou Minghua. Effects of hydrothermal post-treatment on microstructures and morphology of titanate nanoribbons. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
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Yu Huogen, Yu Jiaguo, Cheng Bei, and Zhou Minghua. Wed . "Effects of hydrothermal post-treatment on microstructures and morphology of titanate nanoribbons". United States. doi:.
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@article{osti_20784869,
title = {Effects of hydrothermal post-treatment on microstructures and morphology of titanate nanoribbons},
author = {Yu Huogen and Yu Jiaguo and Cheng Bei and Zhou Minghua},
abstractNote = {Titanate nanoribbons were prepared via a hydrothermal treatment of rutile-type TiO{sub 2} powders in a 10 M NaOH solution at 200 deg. C for 48 h. The as-prepared titanate nanoribbons were then hydrothermally post-treated at 150 deg. C for 12-36 h. The titanate nanoribbons before and after hydrothermal post-treatment were characterized with FESEM, XRD, TEM, UV-VIS and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. The results showed that the hydrothermal post-treatment not only promoted the phase transformation from titanate to anatase TiO{sub 2}, but also was beneficial to the removal of Na{sup +} ions remained in the titanate nanoribbons. After hydrothermal post-treatment, the TiO{sub 2} samples retained the one-dimensional structure feature of the titanate nanoribbons and showed an obvious increase in the specific surface area and the pore volume.},
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journal = {Journal of Solid State Chemistry},
number = 2,
volume = 179,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2006}
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