Concentration-driven phase control for low temperature synthesis of phase-pure anatase and rutile titanium oxide

Zhifeng Wang; Chunyan Xiao; Shuhei Yamada; Kohji Yoshinaga; Xiu R Bu; Ming Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2015.02.001

Concentration-driven phase control for low temperature synthesis of phase-pure anatase and rutile titanium oxide

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2015 Jun 15:448:280-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.02.001. Epub 2015 Feb 9.

Authors

Zhifeng Wang¹, Chunyan Xiao¹, Shuhei Yamada², Kohji Yoshinaga², Xiu R Bu³, Ming Zhang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Environmental Material and Environmental Engineering of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, China.
² Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Sensui, Tobata, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 804-8550, Japan.
³ Department of Chemistry, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA. Electronic address: xbu@cau.edu.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Environmental Material and Environmental Engineering of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, China. Electronic address: lxyzhangm@yzu.edu.cn.

PMID: 25746180
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.02.001

Abstract

It is highly desirable to develop controlled synthetic methods at low temperature (<100 °C) for defined phases of titanium oxide nanoparticle. We present here a simple low temperature approach which is based on the peroxide route. This approach allows the preparation of phase-pure rutile and anatase without the use of any additives or surfactants or external acids. The formation of crystalline phases is found to be dependent on reaction temperature and highly dependent on concentration. Phase-pure rutile is obtained in two concentration zones while phase-pure anatase is obtained in one concentration zone. The relationship between phases and reaction conditions (concentration and temperature) fits well with the nucleation diffusion rate model.

Keywords: Anatase; Hydrogen peroxide; Nanoparticles; Phase control; Rutile; Titanium dioxide.