NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2019, 10 (6), P. 733–739
Effect of heterogeneous inclusions on the formation of TiO2 nanocrystals in hydrothermal conditions
V.V. Zlobin – Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Professor Popov St. 5, Saint Petersburg, 197376, Russia; zvv1210@yandex.ru
A. A. Krasilin – Ioffe Institute, Politekhnicheskaya St. 26, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russia; ikrasilin@mail.ioffe.ru
O.V. Almjasheva – Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Professor Popov St. 5, Saint Petersburg, 197376; Ioffe Institute, Politekhnicheskaya St. 26, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russia; almjasheva@mail.ru
The effects of heterogeneous impurities on the process of titanium dioxide nanoparticle formation during hydrothermal synthesis and photocatalytic properties of synthesized particles were studied. Pre-formed TiO2 nanoparticles of anatase and rutile modifications were used as the heterogeneous impurity. It is shown that the heterogeneous impurities may be considered neither as geometric constraints precluding the crystallization, nor as crystallization centers.
Keywords: nanoparticles, titanium dioxide, anatase, rutile, hydrothermal synthesis.
PACS 81.07.Wx
DOI 10.17586/2220-8054-2019-10-6-733-739
