Ordering of TiO2 nanoparticles to mesoporous structures using self-synthesized acrylamide-styrene block copolymers
Year: 2015
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Introduction Mesoporous, crystalline metal oxides are rapidly gaining importance for applications in sensors, (photo)catalysis and energy generation/storage. For most applications, the ideal material should be crystalline as well as porous, enhancing surface related phenomena. The commonly used synthetic procedures involve the creation of an amorphous network from sol-gel precursors templated by organic surfactants. This requires crystallization at elevated temperatures, which often results in a collapse of the mesostructure, because the surfactant generally degrades before TiO2 crystallization. Hence, specific surfaces > 250 m 2/g are only reported for largely inefficient amorphous materials processed at reduced temperatures.(1)
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Universiteit Gent
OpenAlex ID: W2291939729