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Anatase TiO 2 Crystals with Exposed High‐Index Facets
Author(s) -
Jiang Hai Bo,
Cuan Qian,
Wen Ci Zhang,
Xing Jun,
Wu Di,
Gong XueQing,
Li Chunzhong,
Yang Hua Gui
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201007771
Subject(s) - anatase , index (typography) , face (sociological concept) , cleave , crystal (programming language) , chemical engineering , process (computing) , materials science , computer science , nanotechnology , chemistry , world wide web , photocatalysis , engineering , sociology , organic chemistry , operating system , catalysis , social science , programming language , enzyme
Put your best face forward : The performance of TiO 2 anatase crystals in energy and environmental applications is normally correlated with the TiO 2 crystal facets exposed, and increasing the percentage of highly reactive surfaces is extremely important. A new gas‐phase oxidation process using TiCl 4 as precursor now yields anatase TiO 2 single crystals with primarily high‐index {105} facets, which can cleave water photocatalytically.