Porous inorganic materials from living porogens: channel-like TiO2 from yeast-assisted sol-gel process

Yi-Chun Chang; Chi-Young Lee; Hsin-Tien Chiu

doi:10.1021/am405149a

Porous inorganic materials from living porogens: channel-like TiO2 from yeast-assisted sol-gel process

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Jan 8;6(1):31-5. doi: 10.1021/am405149a. Epub 2013 Dec 24.

Authors

Yi-Chun Chang¹, Chi-Young Lee, Hsin-Tien Chiu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 30010, R. O. C.

PMID: 24341683
DOI: 10.1021/am405149a

Abstract

Vitality of yeast cells maintained in an aqueous sol-gel solution containing titanium tetraisopropoxide and glucose. The living cells and their metabolites acted as the porogens for a channel-like TiO2 precursor. Further processing of the precursor offered a channel-like meso/macroporous TiO2, a potential anode material for Li-ion battery.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Gels*
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*
Titanium / isolation & purification*

Substances

Gels
titanium dioxide
Titanium