Formation of nanostructured rutile TiO 2 synthesized on Ti powder via thermal oxidation

Jong Min Byun, Hye Rim Choi, Se Hoon Kim, Myung Jin Suk, Young Do Kim

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Abstract

The nanostructured rutile TiO 2 that have large specific surface area was formed on Ti powder through thermal oxidation. Thermal oxidation of Ti powder by using an external oxygen source was shown to be a simple and facile method to synthesize nanostructured rutile TiO 2 . Raw Ti powder was etched by using 30% HCl solution to control the surface morphology of Ti and to increase the surface area for effective diffusion of oxygen source. Then, etched powders were thermally oxidized at 750 and 850 °C with ethanol as the oxygen source. Coral-like nanostructured rutile TiO 2 of size 500 nm was formed at 850 °C from Ti powder etched for more than 20 min. The specific surface area of the resulting powder, which consisted of intermediate oxide (Ti 2 O) cores covered with nanostructured rutile TiO 2 , was 48 times that of the raw Ti powder.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-48
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume415
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2017

Keywords

  • Nanostructure
  • Specific surface area
  • Thermal oxidation
  • TiO

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