Titanium Oxysulfate-Derived 1D Lepidocrocite Titanate NanostructuresShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Advanced Materials Interfaces, ISSN 2196-7350, Vol. 12, no 10, article id 2400866Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Nanostructured titania, TiO2, holds significant importance in various scientific fields and technologies for their distinctive properties and multipurpose characteristics. In this article, the facile, economical, and scalable synthesis of 1D lepidocrocite, 1DL, titania nanostructures derived from a water-soluble Ti precursor, titanium oxysulfate (with oxidation of Ti+4) at temperature <100 degrees C under atmospheric pressure is discussed. Titanium oxysulfate with tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, TMAH, is simply reacted to yield individual lepidocrocite titania-based chain-forming nanofilaments, NFs, 6 x 6 & Aring;(2) in minimal cross-section and aspect ratios of approximate to 20 1DLs. If only ethanol is used for washing, the 1DL self-assemble into approximate to 10 <mu>m, porous mesostructured particles, PMPs. If water is used, quasi-2D sheets form instead. Characterization of the resulting powders showed them to be quite similar to those derived from TiB2, and other water-insoluble Ti precursors. The 1DL bandgap energies are approximate to 4 eV, due to quantum confinement. They adsorbed rhodamine 6G. The latter also sensitized the 1DLs and allowed for dye degradation using only visible light. Used as electrodes in supercapacitors, the 1DLs can be cycled over 1.6 V and result in high power densities (300 W kg(-1)). Stronger birefringence started to appear in samples with concentrations >15 gL(-1) indicating the formation of a liquid crystal phase. This new synthesis protocol enables the cheaper scalable production of 1DLs with significant implications across various fields.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY , 2025. Vol. 12, no 10, article id 2400866
Keywords [en]
1D; dye degradation; lepidocrocite titania; Li intercalation; liquid crystals; reaction; sensitization; supercapacitors; tetramethylammonium hydroxide; titanium oxysulphate
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-210150DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400866ISI: 001360154800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85209817154OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-210150DiVA, id: diva2:1917599
Note
Funding Agencies|Knut and Alice Wallenberg [2019.0433, KAW 2020.0033]; Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) Foundation for a Scholar Grant [EM16-0004]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF); European Reaserch Council [101087713]; European Union (ERC)
2024-12-032024-12-032025-10-02Bibliographically approved