title: A facile hydrothermal approach for construction of carbon coating on TiO2 nanoparticles.
abstract: Herein a facile hydrothermal approach is used to construct carbon coated TiO2 nanoparticles employing dextrose as the source of carbon. The procedure is operated at a low temperature of 200 °C. Fourier infrared spectroscopy demonstrated the successful coating of carbon on TiO2 nanoparticles. The phase composition of TiO2 and carbon coated TiO2 nanoparticles were studied using X-ray diffraction and the surface morphology was analyzed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The existence of carbon coating on TiO2 nanoparticles was revealed by thermogravimetric analysis through different thermograms exhibited for TiO2 and carbon coated TiO2 nanoparticles. The reported method offers a simple and efficient approach for production of carbon coated TiO2 nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA.
authors.forename: Kehinde
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olurode
authors.forename: Gururaj M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Neelgund
authors.forename: Aderemi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C009495:titanium dioxide; D002244:Carbon; D014025:Titanium; D005947:Glucose