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- Title
Morphological and structural control of dendritic mesoporous silica&titania nanospheres by the one-pot co-condensation approach.
- Authors
Ding, Xiuping; Tao, Jianghui; Huang, Liangzhu; Wang, Yabin; Wang, Yanni
- Abstract
Dendritic mesoporous silica nanospheres (DMSNs) possess excellent specific surface areas, pore volumes, and extremely accessible internal spaces. DMSNs have experienced high-speed development in the aspects of synthesis techniques, functionalization strategies, and application fields. It is proved that DMSNs own inherent structural superiorities as catalysts, adsorbents, or reaction platforms. Naturally, researchers are enlightened to conceive and attempt to synthesize dendritic mesoporous titania nanospheres (DMTNs) by replacing Si in DMSNs with Ti, in view of the superior activity and catalytic performance from TiO2. Nevertheless, the hydrolysis and condensation rates of the titanium precursors are too fast to develop ideal dendritic textures. To get the goal in a roundabout way, hybrid dendritic mesoporous silica&titania nanospheres (DMSTNs) come into sight. In this work, a series of DMSTNs have been synthesized by the one-pot co-condensation method. For the first time, their morphologies and architectures have been controlled by adjusting the ratio of titanium to silica, stirring speed, reaction temperature, co-solvent, etc. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been utilized to directly reveal their differences. The basic physicochemical properties of DMSTNs with fine topological structures have been compared, covering Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms, Raman spectrum, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis-DRS), photoluminescence (PL) spectra, etc. Most importantly, these typical DMSTNs can photo-catalytically produce more hydrogen (2.4 ~ 3.6 times) within 1% Pt than that of bare DMSNs under simulated sunlight, owing to Ti in their skeletons.
- Subjects
MESOPOROUS silica; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; REFLECTANCE spectroscopy; RAMAN spectroscopy; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 27, p12347
- ISSN
0022-2461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10853-024-09836-6