Sodium hypophosphite induced a simultaneous P doping and hollowing process of TiO2 spherical nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Jitao Chen; Zhongmin Liu; Yongchuan Wu; Yaru Li; Jingyu Zhao; Xixi Zhu; Ping Na

doi:10.1039/c7cc08819a

Sodium hypophosphite induced a simultaneous P doping and hollowing process of TiO₂ spherical nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Feb 20;54(16):1972-1975. doi: 10.1039/c7cc08819a.

Authors

Jitao Chen¹, Zhongmin Liu, Yongchuan Wu, Yaru Li, Jingyu Zhao, Xixi Zhu, Ping Na

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China. naping@tju.edu.cn.

PMID: 29399683
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08819a

Abstract

Sodium hypophosphite induced a simultaneous P doping and hollowing process of TiO₂ spherical nanostructures and produced P-doped hollow spherical nanostructures via a simple one-step hydrothermal method. The as-synthesized P-doped hollow spherical nanostructures demonstrated significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for MB degradation compared to the undoped TiO₂ and P25 under sunlight irradiation.