A Facile Method for Loading CeO2 Nanoparticles on Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Arrays.

نویسندگان

  • Yulong Liao
  • Botao Yuan
  • Dainan Zhang
  • Xiaoyi Wang
  • Yuanxun Li
  • Qiye Wen
  • Huaiwu Zhang
  • Zhiyong Zhong
چکیده

In this paper, a facile method was proposed to load CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) on anodic TiO2 nanotube (NT) arrays, which leads to a formation of CeO2/TiO2 heterojunctions. Highly ordered anatase phase TiO2 NT arrays were fabricated by using anodic oxidation method, then these individual TiO2 NTs were used as tiny "nano-containers" to load a small amount of Ce(NO3)3 solutions. The loaded anodic TiO2 NTs were baked and heated to a high temperature of 450 °C, under which the Ce(NO3)3 would be thermally decomposed inside those nano-containers. After the thermal decomposition of Ce(NO3)3, cubic crystal CeO2 NPs were obtained and successfully loaded into the anodic TiO2 NT arrays. The prepared CeO2/TiO2 heterojunction structures were characterized by a variety of analytical technologies, including XRD, SEM, and Raman spectra. This study provides a facile approach to prepare CeO2/TiO2 films, which could be very useful for environmental and energy-related areas.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Nanoscale research letters

دوره 13 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2018