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Solvothermal synthesis of spindle-like WO3 TiO2 particles with enhanced photocatalytic activity

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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 53, Issue -, Pages 163-168

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.02.004

Keywords

Nanostructures; Solvothermal; Catalytic properties

Funding

  1. National Science Foundation of China [NSFC51372006]
  2. Scientific Research Starting Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education
  3. Start-Up Fund for High-End Returned Overseas Talents (Renshetinghan 2010) [411]
  4. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China
  5. Lab-Installation Foundation of Beihang University for New Teachers

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Spindle-like WO3-TiO2 composite particles were synthesized through a facile one-step solvothermal method. The as-synthesized spindle-like WO3-TiO2 composite particles with center diameter of ca. 150 nm and length of ca. 300 nm were assembled by numerous WO3-TiO2 nanorods of ca. 20 nm in diameter. It is found that the photo-responding range was extended and the specific surface area of the composite was increased. Such spindle-like WO3-TiO2 composite exhibited much higher photocatalytic activity than that of single phase TiO2 or WO3 in the degradation of methyl orange dye under illumination with simulated sunlight. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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