In-situ Crystallization and Growth of TiO2 Nanospheres between MXene Layers for Improved Adsorption and Visible Photocatalysis

Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Pingping Ma ◽  
Li Dai ◽  
Shijie Li ◽  
Wei Yu ◽  
...  

The MXene-based nanocomposites comprised of multi-layered Ti3C2 MXene (ML-Ti3C2) nanosheets and titanium dioxide (TiO2), were fabricated via vapor phase hydrolysis in this work. TiO2 nanospheres crystallized and in-situ grew between...

Author(s):  
Matthew A. Miller ◽  
Matthew R. Kendall ◽  
Manoj K. Jain ◽  
Preston R. Larson ◽  
Andrew S. Madden ◽  
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Nature ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 340 (6230) ◽  
pp. 199-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles H. Langmuir

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 2299-2307 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Shakiba ◽  
S. Mansouri ◽  
C. Selomulya ◽  
M.W. Woo

2007 ◽  
Vol 1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathanael Smith ◽  
Kevin J Emmett ◽  
Sandra J Rosenthal

AbstractCdSe nanocrystals chemically linked to nanocrystalline titanium dioxide substrates form a promising material for nanostructured photovoltaic devices. The usual method for attaching the nanocrystals to the titanium dioxide substrate is by means of a linking molecule (such as mercaptopropionic acid) or in-situ growth. In this paper, we report the use of an alternative technique, electrophoretic deposition (EPD), to directly deposit already formed CdSe nanocrystals onto the substrate. In EPD, a voltage is established between two electrodes that are immersed in a solution of nanocrystals. At room temperature, a fraction of the nanocrystals are thermally charged, and these charged nanocrystals migrate to the electrodes and adhere to the surface. A significant advantage of EPD over the use of linking molecules is the speed with which the nanocrystals are deposited: EPD takes only a few minutes, compared to the several hours required for the alternative techniques. Additionally, we have fabricated initial photovoltaic devices based on electrophoretically deposited CdSe nanocrystals on a planar TiO2 thin film.


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