Large-scale synthesis of hollow titania spheres via flame combustion
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Abstract A one-step method for continuous large-scale synthesis of well-defined hollow titania spheres was established by feeding titanium tetrachloride mixed with ethanol vapor to a facile diffusion flame. A mixture of TiCl 4 and C 2 H 5 OH vapor was transported at 100 m/s into a flame reactor and condensed into mesoscale droplets due to Joule–Thomson cooling and the entrainment of cool gases into the expanding high-speed jet. Hollow crystalline TiO 2 spheres with good thermal stability were formed after the hydrolysis of TiCl 4 in the H 2 /air flame at about 1500 °C. Structural characterization indicates that the hollow spheres, with uniform diameter of 300 nm and shell thickness of 35 nm, consist of 20–30 nm TiO 2 nanocrystallites. A formation mechanism of the hollow spheres was proposed, involving the competition between chemical reaction and diffusion during the flame process. The present study provides a new pathway for continuous and large-scale engineering of hollow nanomaterials.
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OpenAlex topics: TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells · Catalytic Processes in Materials Science · Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
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