Nanotubes with the TiO2-B structure

Graham Armstrong; A Robert Armstrong; Jesus Canales; Peter G Bruce

doi:10.1039/b501883h

Nanotubes with the TiO2-B structure

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 May 21:(19):2454-6. doi: 10.1039/b501883h. Epub 2005 Apr 13.

Authors

Graham Armstrong¹, A Robert Armstrong, Jesus Canales, Peter G Bruce

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, UK.

PMID: 15886768
DOI: 10.1039/b501883h

Abstract

Here we report the first synthesis of TiO2-B nanotubes by a simple hydrothermal route; lithium may be intercalated up to a composition of Li(0.98)TiO2 compared with Li(0.91)TiO2 for the corresponding nanowires.