화학공학소재연구정보센터
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.58, No.10, 7062-7068, 2019
Conductive Nanosized Magneli-Phase Ti4O7 with a Core@Shell Structure
Magneli-phase Ti4O7, known for its high electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance, is typically prepared by hydrogen reduction at high temperatures (similar to 1000 degrees C), leading to large particles. Nanosized Ti4O7 have been explored for application toward high specific surface area electrode materials and electrocatalyst supports; nonetheless, the particle size of Ti4O7 is still insufficient for utilization as a support. In this study, we have pursued a novel synthetic approach for nanosized Ti4O7 platelets with a length of 10-80 nm and thickness of 3-10 nm even under high-temperature conditions. We herein describe the use of SiO2 beads as a core to obtain a SiO2 core coated with multilayers of TiO2 nanosheets exfoliated from layered H2Ti4O7 which is subsequently subjected to high-temperature reduction to prepare a SiO2-core@Ti4O7-shell structure. The pair distribution function technique has proven that the shell is transformed to single-phase Ti4O7. The electrical double layer capacitance of SiO2-core@Ti4O7-shell was much larger than that of conventionally synthesized Ti4O7 particles with a micrometer size. The results show the beneficial effects of the SiO2-core@Ti4O7-shell structure, and it is the first example of the synthesis for conductive Ti4O7 with a high specific surface area even under conditions of high-temperature synthesis.