Synthesis and Characterization of Niobium-doped TiO2 Nanotube Arrays by Anodization of Ti-20Nb Alloys

被引:31
作者
Xu, Zhengchao [1 ]
Li, Qi [1 ]
Gao, Shian [1 ]
Shang, Jianku [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Mat Ctr Water Purificat, Shenyang Natl Lab Mat Sci, Inst Met Res, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
TiO2; Nanotube arrays; Anodization; Doping; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ANATASE TIO2; TITANIUM-DIOXIDE; LIGHT; RECOMBINATION; NANOPARTICLES; FILMS;
D O I
10.1016/S1005-0302(12)60144-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Well crystallized niobium-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays (TiNbO-NT) were successfully synthesized via the anodization of titanium/niobium alloy sheets, followed with a heat treatment at 550 degrees C for 2 h. Morphology analysis results demonstrated that both the titanium/niobium alloy microstructure and the dissolution strength of electrolyte played major roles in the formation of nanotube structure. A single-phase microstructure was more favorable to the formation of uniform nanotube arrays, while modulating the dissolution strength of electrolyte was required to obtain nanotube arrays from the alloys with multi-phase microstructures. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron (XPS) analysis results clearly demonstrated that niobium dopants (Nb5+) were successfully doped into TiO2 anatase lattice by substituting Ti4+ in this approach.
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页码:865 / 870
页数:6
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