Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation and Characterization of H2Ti4O9 Nanocrystals

WANG Jin-Shu1, LI Hui1, YIN Shu2, SATO Tsugio2   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China; 2. Division of Advanced System, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
  • Received:2006-09-11 Revised:2006-11-16 Published:2007-09-20 Online:2007-09-20

Abstract: H2Ti4O9 nanocrystals with high specific surface areas were prepared by delamination and precipitation process through ball milling combined with ion exchange reaction. The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscope, thermal analysis, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm, and absorption spectrum. The crystallites of Ti4O92- in the form of titania nanosheets have lateral size less than 50nm. The specific surface area of H2 Ti4O9 nanocrystals depends on pH values of precipitation solution and ball milling time. The specific surface area of H2 Ti4O9 nanocrystals prepared by ball-milling of K2Ti4O9 for 2h and suspending in 1mol/L HCl followed by precipitation at pH=8 can reach 328.4m2·g-1.

Key words: H2Ti4O9, nanocrystal, ball-milling, ion exchange

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