Cover Image

A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2

For the first time, a facile method is introduced to obtain ultrathin, mesoporous TiO2 nanosheets by the alkali precipitation of aqueous TiCl3 in the presence of NH4OH, and in-situ templating with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The synthesized titania have been characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption me...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamisu, Abubakar, Gaya, Umar, Abdullah, Abdul Halim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iranian Chemical Society 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87628/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87628/
https://www.physchemres.org/article_104080.html
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.87628
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.876282022-07-06T05:05:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87628/ A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2 Hamisu, Abubakar Gaya, Umar Abdullah, Abdul Halim For the first time, a facile method is introduced to obtain ultrathin, mesoporous TiO2 nanosheets by the alkali precipitation of aqueous TiCl3 in the presence of NH4OH, and in-situ templating with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The synthesized titania have been characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption measurements, x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. The obtained titania were hexagonal-like, detached, non-agglomerated, polydispersed, sub-20 nm nanodiscs. Unlike in doping methods, their surface area and pore volumes of can easily be tailored devoid of any wavelength shift, by simply tuning the amount of the template. Accordingly, their aggregation as microspheres can successfully be controlled by the templating step. The remarkable photoactivity of these nanoscopic materials has been confirmed by the degradation of aqueous methyl orange. Iranian Chemical Society 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87628/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Hamisu, Abubakar and Gaya, Umar and Abdullah, Abdul Halim (2020) A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2. Physical Chemistry Research, 8 (2). 281 - 295. ISSN 2322-5521; ESSN: 2345-2625 https://www.physchemres.org/article_104080.html 10.22036/PCR.2020.210668.1704
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description For the first time, a facile method is introduced to obtain ultrathin, mesoporous TiO2 nanosheets by the alkali precipitation of aqueous TiCl3 in the presence of NH4OH, and in-situ templating with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The synthesized titania have been characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption measurements, x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. The obtained titania were hexagonal-like, detached, non-agglomerated, polydispersed, sub-20 nm nanodiscs. Unlike in doping methods, their surface area and pore volumes of can easily be tailored devoid of any wavelength shift, by simply tuning the amount of the template. Accordingly, their aggregation as microspheres can successfully be controlled by the templating step. The remarkable photoactivity of these nanoscopic materials has been confirmed by the degradation of aqueous methyl orange.
format Article
author Hamisu, Abubakar
Gaya, Umar
Abdullah, Abdul Halim
spellingShingle Hamisu, Abubakar
Gaya, Umar
Abdullah, Abdul Halim
A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2
author_facet Hamisu, Abubakar
Gaya, Umar
Abdullah, Abdul Halim
author_sort Hamisu, Abubakar
title A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2
title_short A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2
title_full A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2
title_fullStr A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2
title_full_unstemmed A novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-TiO2
title_sort novel poly(vinyl alcohol) post-precipitation template synthesis and property tuning of photoactive mesoporous nano-tio2
publisher Iranian Chemical Society
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87628/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87628/
https://www.physchemres.org/article_104080.html
_version_ 1738511962390659072
score 13.211869

Similar Items