Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation of Doped Nanocrystalline TiO2 and Microstructural Control by Stearic Acid Sol-Gel Method

YANG Juan; LI Dan; WU Dong-Hui; YANG Xu-Jie; LU Lu-De; WANG Xin   

  1. Materials Chemistry Laboratory; Nanjing University of Science and Technology; Nanjing 210094; China
  • Received:2000-05-29 Revised:2000-06-19 Published:2001-05-20 Online:2001-05-20

Abstract: Nanocrystalline TiO2 powders doped with Na+ and K+ were prepared by stearic acid sol-gel method. The resulting nanocrystallines were characterized by FTIR, XRD and TEM. The reaction mechanism was also studied. The experimental results showed that rutile TiO2 can be obtained at 500℃ by using stearic acid sol-gel method, while anatase TiO2 were obtained from doping with Na+ and K+. As a result of doping, the crystalline size decreased with increasing the amount of dopants.

Key words: stearic acid sol-gel method, titania, doping, microstructure

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