Photocatalyst Nanofibers Obtained by Calcination of Organic-Inorganic Hybrids

One-Dimensional Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials: Nanotubes

“…160−162 An example of such nanotubes is shown in Figure 3, 4.b. 163 Most elegant is a simultaneous coating of the fiber while spinning. Li and Xia 164 reported the formation of TiO 2 hollow-nanofibers (nanotubes) by electrospinning of an ethanol solution (containing Ti tetraisopropoxide/polyvinylpyrrolidone) and of a heavy mineral oil or polymer through a coaxial, two-capillary spinneret, followed by selective removal of the cores and calcination in air.…”

“…Copyright 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.), (3.3) anodic self-organization (Reproduced with permission from ref . Copyright 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.), and (3.4) electrospinning (Reproduced with permission from ref . Copyright 2010 Koji Nakane and Nobuo Ogata.…”

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“…by using titanate precursors to coat the fiber, and after polymerizing the precursor to TiO 2 , applying a thermal treatment to remove (decompose) the organic fiber [160][161][162] . An example of such nanotubes is shown in Figure 3.4.b 163 . Most elegant is a simultaneous coating of the fiber while spinning.…”

Modified photo-electrochemical and photo-voltaic properties of solvothermally crystallised TiO2 nanotube arrays

“…The length, pore diameter and wall thickness have marked differences when the TiO 2 nanotubes fabricated with techniques such as hydrothermal growth, template assisted growth, electrochemical anodization and electrospining etc. [8][9][10][11] When the nanotubes are formed by electrochemical anodization, different morphologies such as smooth walled tubes, rippled or bamboo shaped tubes, single and doubled walled tubes, coaxial tubes and tubes with 'brain' morphology have been reported [12][13][14] In the present case, the nanotubes with granular morphology have been observed as a result of solvothermal treatment. Preliminary investigations have shown that these nanotubes show better gas sensitivity at a particular temperature compared to the conventional (furnace annealed) nanotubes [6].…”