Flower-like TiO2 nanostructures with exposed {001} facets: Facile synthesis and enhanced photocatalysis

Min Liu, Lingyu Piao, Weiming Lu, Siting Ju, Lei Zhao, Chunlan Zhou, Hailing Li, Wenjing Wang

Nanoscale · 2010 · 199 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Flower-like TiO(2) nanostructures with exposed {001} facets were synthesized by a low-temperature hydrothermal process from Ti powders for the first time, and they exhibited enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye under ultraviolet light irradiation.

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