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Microwaves as a synthetic route for preparing electrochemically active TiO2 nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2012

Damien Monti ,
Alexandre Ponrouch ,
Marc Estruga ,
Maria Rosa Palacín ,
José Antonio Ayllón  and
Anna Roig
Damien Monti
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain; and Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
Alexandre Ponrouch
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Marc Estruga
Affiliation:
Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Maria Rosa Palacín*
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
José Antonio Ayllón*
Affiliation:
Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Anna Roig
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: rosa.palacin@icmab.es
b)e-mail: joseantonio.ayllon@uab.cat
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Abstract

Nanocrystalline anatase was synthesized, using both domestic and laboratory microwave ovens, from different precursors. Nanoparticulate anatase was obtained after microwave irradiation of tetra-butyl orthotitanate solution in benzyl alcohol. As-synthesized samples have orange color due to the presence of organics that were eliminated after annealing at 500 °C, whereas the size of small anatase nanocrystals (around 8 nm) was preserved. Other nanocrystalline anatase samples were obtained from hexafluorotitanate-organic salt ionic liquid-like precursors. In this case, use of a domestic microwave oven and very short processing times (1–3 min irradiation time) were involved. Good specific capacity values and capacity retention at high C rates for insertion/deinsertion of Li+were recorded when testing such nanoparticles as electrode material in lithium cells. The electrochemical performances were found be strongly dependent on the phase composition, which in turn could be tuned through the synthetic procedure.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 28 , Issue 3: Focus Issue: Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials , 14 February 2013 , pp. 340 - 347
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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