New insights into polymer mediated formation of anatase mesocrystals

Boytsova V. Olga; Alexey A. Sadovnikov; Khursand E. Yorov; Artemii N. Beltiukov; Alexander E. Baranchikov; Vladimir K. Ivanov; Xiangli Zhong; David J. Lewis; Paul O'Brien; Andrew J. Sutherland

doi:10.1039/C6CE01985D

New insights into polymer mediated formation of anatase mesocrystals

Boytsova V. Olga^*, Alexey A. Sadovnikov, Khursand E. Yorov, Artemii N. Beltiukov, Alexander E. Baranchikov, Vladimir K. Ivanov, Xiangli Zhong, David J. Lewis, Paul O'Brien, Andrew J. Sutherland

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The reaction between (NH₄)₂TiF₆ and H₃BO₃ in the presence of varying quantities of PEG-6000 was used to form NH4TiOF₃ mesocrystals (MCs). The amount of PEG-6000, employed as a template, is crucial to the formation of defect free, non-agglomerated NH₄TiOF₃ MCs; high concentrations lead to MC agglomeration, lower ones result in centralized defects. This polymer-mediated formation process may be understood using an analogy with known polymerization reactions. The oxofluorotitanate MCs readily undergo a thermal topotactic transformation to give anatase MCs with photocatalytic activity. The TiO₂ MCs are porous, with highly orientated lamellar crystallites that form part of the larger mesocrystal structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3281-3287
Number of pages	7
Journal	Crystengcomm
Volume	19
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CE01985D
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2017

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