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Carbon-doped titania as a precursor for titanate nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2018

Uta Helbig ,
Kai Herbst ,
Jewgeni Roudenko ,
Jens Helbig ,
Bastian Barton  and
Ute Kolb
Uta Helbig*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg D-90489, Germany; and Institute for Chemistry, Materials and Product Development OHM-CMP, Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg D-90489, Germany
Kai Herbst
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg D-90489, Germany
Jewgeni Roudenko
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg D-90489, Germany; and Institute for Chemistry, Materials and Product Development OHM-CMP, Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg D-90489, Germany
Jens Helbig
Affiliation:
Institute for Chemistry, Materials and Product Development OHM-CMP, Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg D-90489, Germany
Bastian Barton
Affiliation:
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz D-55128, Germany
Ute Kolb
Affiliation:
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz D-55128, Germany
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: uta.helbig@th-nuernberg.de
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Abstract

Carbon-doped titania was fabricated via carbothermal treatment in nitrogen–acetylene gas flow and further used as a precursor for multiwalled titanate nanotube (TNT) synthesis via alkaline hydrothermal route. Investigation of the reaction products after hydrothermal treatment of carbon-doped titania using Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method shows the successful formation of TNTs. The presence of carbon was proved although the type of incorporation could not be certified. All samples show approximately the same carbon content before and after hydrothermal treatment. An increasing pretreatment temperature of titania precursor powders yields more secondary products in the nanotube samples, indicating lower reactivity of the titanium oxycarbide phase during hydrothermal treatment. In this study, TNTs with 6 wt% carbon and with the highest specific surface area of 340 m2/g were formed via hydrothermal treatment of carbon-doped titania precursor powder exposed to 700 °C during carbothermal pretreatment.

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nanostructurehydrothermalcarbon
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 9: Focus Issue: Porous Carbon and Carbonaceous Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage , 14 May 2018 , pp. 1288 - 1300
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