Reduced TiO2 rutile nanorods with well-defined facets and their visible-light photocatalytic activity.
Stable reduced TiO2 rutile nanorods with well-defined facets were prepared by a solvothermal route in the presence of Zn powder. The oxygen vacancy in the TiO2 nanorods, which can be tuned by the amount of Zn, results in a narrow band gap and visible-light photocatalytic activity.
State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Changchun, Jilin 130033, China. tanhq870@126.com sunzc@ciomp.ac.cn.
Zhao
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Zhao
Huaqiao
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Tan
Haifeng
H
Zhao
Yang
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Lv
Li-Jing
LJ
Zhou
Yujiang
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Song
Zaicheng
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Sun
D002384:Catalysis; D008027:Light; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium; D015032:Zinc; D010100:Oxygen