A new route towards nanoporous TiO2 as powders or thin films from the thermal treatment of titanium-based hybrid materials

Dalton Trans. 2012 Jan 7;41(1):292-9. doi: 10.1039/c1dt11087j. Epub 2011 Nov 14.

Abstract

Calcination of cyclopentadienyltitanium-based organic-inorganic hybrid materials at 450-500 °C led to the formation of anatase titanium dioxide as white powders consisting of a porous network of aggregated nanoparticles, the nanoporosity detected being related to the inter-particle space. Depending on the calcination temperatures, the surface area of the titanium dioxide particles varied from 65 to 158 m(2) g(-1).