Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 2361.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20120600

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Synthesis , Structure and Properties of Titanate Nanotube Film

PAN Yan1,2, GUO Fei-Jun2, GUO Yu-Peng1*   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
    2. College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
  • Received:2012-06-25 Revised:2012-08-27 Online:2012-11-10 Published:2012-10-15
  • Contact: Yupeng Guo E-mail:guoyupeng@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Titanate nanotube films with or without sodium contents(TiNTW and TiNTA) were synthesized on a titanium metal flake by hydrothermal treatment and washed with H2O or HCl. The films were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope(SEM), transmission electron microscope(TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray(EDX) spectroscope. The as-prepared nanotube films, TiNTW and TiNTA, were about 8 nm in width and 1 μm in length. They had similar morphologies and different properties. Relatively, TiNTA showed better photocatalytic activity and hydrogen storage ability, TiNTW showed higher thermal stability. The different properties of the two films were attributed to different element constitute and crystalline structure.

Key words: Titanate, Nanotube, Thermal stability, Photocatalytic activity, Hydrogen storage

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