TY - JOUR
T1 - Flux growth and characterization of photocatalytic Na 2Ti 6O 13 whiskers
AU - Teshima, Katsuya
AU - Yubuta, Kunio
AU - Sugiura, Shiori
AU - Suzuki, Takaomi
AU - Shishido, Toetsu
AU - Oishi, Shuji
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - High quality, hexagonal prismatic Na 2Ti 6O 13 whiskers were easily grown by the slow-cooling of a NaCl flux. Whisker growth was conducted by heating a mixture of solute (Na 2CO 3 + TiO 2) and flux (NaCl) at 1100°C and held at this temperature for 10 h, and then the mixture was cooled at a rate of 5°Ch -1 to 500°C. The Na 2Ti 6O 13 whiskers had average lengths of up to 100 μm and widths of up to 2.0 μm and were transparent and colorless. The whiskers were hexagonal prisms bounded by well-developed {010}, {100}, {001}, and {201} faces. The whiskers exhibited good photocatalytic activity under UV light irradiation. Sodium chloride was found to be a very suitable flux for environmental friendly growth of photocatalytic whiskers.
AB - High quality, hexagonal prismatic Na 2Ti 6O 13 whiskers were easily grown by the slow-cooling of a NaCl flux. Whisker growth was conducted by heating a mixture of solute (Na 2CO 3 + TiO 2) and flux (NaCl) at 1100°C and held at this temperature for 10 h, and then the mixture was cooled at a rate of 5°Ch -1 to 500°C. The Na 2Ti 6O 13 whiskers had average lengths of up to 100 μm and widths of up to 2.0 μm and were transparent and colorless. The whiskers were hexagonal prisms bounded by well-developed {010}, {100}, {001}, and {201} faces. The whiskers exhibited good photocatalytic activity under UV light irradiation. Sodium chloride was found to be a very suitable flux for environmental friendly growth of photocatalytic whiskers.
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U2 - 10.1246/bcsj.79.1725
DO - 10.1246/bcsj.79.1725
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750963057
SN - 0009-2673
VL - 79
SP - 1725
EP - 1728
JO - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
JF - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
IS - 11
ER -