J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (04): 513-516.

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Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Titania Particles and Thin Films

Junchao TAO, Yue SHEN, Feng GU, Jinzhuan ZHU, Jiancheng ZHANG   

  1. Department of Electronic Information Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China...
  • Received:2006-06-26 Revised:2006-11-10 Online:2007-07-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Yue SHEN

Abstract: Well-organized mesoporous titania particles and thin films were successfully synthesized by using tetrabutyl titanate as the inorganic precursor and triblock copolymer (Pluronic P123) as the template via evaporationinduced self-assembly process. The resulting materials were characterized by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Macro shape of mesoporous titania would greatly influence the mesostructure of materials, and the probable reasons were also discussed.

Key words: mesoporous titania, particles, anatase