Solid state precursor strategy for synthesizing hollow TiO2 boxes with a high percentage of reactive {001} facets exposed

• DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11542a
• Publication Date: 2011-05-11T10:30:19Z
• Authors: Shuifen Xie; Xiguang Han; Qin Kuang; Jie Fu; Lei Zhang; Zhaoxiong Xie; Lansun Zheng
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Three-dimensional, hollow, anatase TiO(2) boxes, each was enclosed by six single-crystalline TiO(2) plates exposed with highly reactive {001} facets, were facilely obtained by calcining a cubic TiOF(2) solid precursor at 500-600 °C. The formation of such particular nanostructures is attributed to the hard self-template restriction and the adsorption of F(-) ions from the TiOF(2).