Synthesis of high-quality brookite TiO2 single-crystalline nanosheets with specific facets exposed: tuning catalysts from inert to highly reactive

Journal of the American Chemical Society
Haifeng LinRicheng Yu

Abstract

The brookite phase of TiO(2) is hardly prepared and rarely studied in comparison with the common anatase and rutile phases. In addition, there exist immense controversies over the cognition of the light-induced liveliness of this material. Here, a novel, low-basicity solution chemistry method was first used to prepare homogeneous high-quality brookite TiO(2) single-crystalline nanosheets surrounded with four {210}, two {101}, and two {201} facets. These nanosheets exhibited outstanding activity toward the catalytic degradation of organic contaminants superior even to that of Degussa P25, due to the exposure of high-energy facets and the effective suppression of recombination rates of photogenerated electrons and holes by these facets as the oxidative and reductive sites. In contrast, irregularly faceted phase-pure brookite nanoflowers and nanospindles were inactive in catalytic reactions. These results demonstrate that the photocatalytic activity of brookite TiO(2) is highly dependent upon its exposed facets, which offers a strategy for tuning the catalysts from inert to highly active through tailoring of the morphology and surface structure.

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