Analysis of Polymorphic Nanocrystals ofTiO2by X-Ray Rietveld Refinement and High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy: Acetaldehyde Decomposition
In this work,TiO2nanocrystals were synthesized by the sol-gel method. These materials were annealed at 200 and500∘C; and characterized by the XRD-Rietveld refinement; and by BET and TEM. As for the low-temperature-treated sample (200∘C), nanocrystals with small crystallite sizes (7 nm) and high abundance of anatase, coexisting with the brookite phase, were obtained. Meanwhile, the sample annealed at500∘C showed an increased crystallite size (22 nm) and an important polymorphic increment. The sample annealed at200∘C showed a high activity in the photocatalytic decomposition of acetaldehyde.
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