Effect of reactor materials on the properties of titanium oxide nanotubes

Alon Danon; Kaustava Bhattacharyya; Baiju K. Vijayan; Junling Lu; Dana J. Sauter; Kimberly A Gray; Peter Stair; Eric Weitz

doi:10.1021/cs200392m

Effect of reactor materials on the properties of titanium oxide nanotubes

Alon Danon^*, Kaustava Bhattacharyya, Baiju K. Vijayan, Junling Lu, Dana J. Sauter, Kimberly A Gray, Peter Stair, Eric Weitz

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Subtleties in the synthesis of materials can have a profound effect on the catalytic and photocatalytic properties of materials. Black TiO ₂ nanotubes, demonstrating remarkable solar absorption, were synthesized using a stainless steel reactor. Using UVvis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, XPS, EDS, ICP, and TEM, the change in electronic absorption of the TiO ₂ nanotubes is explained by the discrete introduction of Cr concentrated particles from the stainless steel reactor. The black TiO ₂ nanotubes displayed significant solar-driven photocatalytic activity with the photo-oxidation of acetaldehyde under visible light (λ > 450 nm).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	45-49
Number of pages	5
Journal	ACS Catalysis
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cs200392m
State	Published - Jan 1 2012

Keywords

chromium
nanotubes
photocatalysis
titanium oxide
titantia

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