Nanostructures having crystalline and amorphous phases

Title: Nanostructures having crystalline and amorphous phases

The present invention includes a nanostructure, a method of making thereof, and a method of photocatalysis. In one embodiment, the nanostructure includes a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase in contact with the crystalline phase. Each of the crystalline and amorphous phases has at least one dimension on a nanometer scale. In another embodiment, the nanostructure includes a nanoparticle comprising a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase. The amorphous phase is in a selected amount. In another embodiment, the nanostructure includes crystalline titanium dioxide and amorphous titanium dioxide in contact with the crystalline titanium dioxide. Each of the crystalline and amorphous titanium dioxide has at least one dimension on a nanometer scale.

Inventors:: Mao, Samuel S; Chen, Xiaobo

Issue Date:: 2015-04-28

OSTI Identifier:: 1178675

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) CHO

Patent Number(s):: 9,018,122

Application Number:: 13/256,421

Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2010 Mar 03

Research Org:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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