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Gas-generated thermal oxidation of a coordination cluster for an anion-doped mesoporous metal oxide
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| Title: | Gas-generated thermal oxidation of a coordination cluster for an anion-doped mesoporous metal oxide |
| Authors: | Hirai, Kenji Browse this author | | Isobe, Shigehito Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Sada, Kazuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Issue Date: | 18-Dec-2015 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Journal Title: | Scientific reports |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Start Page: | 18468 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1038/srep18468 |
| Abstract: | Central in material design of metal oxides is the increase of surface area and control of intrinsic electronic and optical properties, because of potential applications for energy storage, photocatalysis and photovoltaics. Here, we disclose a facile method, inspired by geochemical process, which gives rise to mesoporous anion-doped metal oxides. As a model system, we demonstrate that simple calcination of a multinuclear coordination cluster results in synchronic chemical reactions: thermal oxidation of Ti8O10(4-aminobenzoate)(12) and generation of gases including amino-group fragments. The gas generation during the thermal oxidation of Ti8O10(4-aminobenzoate)(12) creates mesoporosity in TiO2. Concurrently, nitrogen atoms contained in the gases are doped into TiO2, thus leading to the formation of mesoporous N-doped TiO2. The mesoporous N-doped TiO2 can be easily synthesized by calcination of the multinuclear coordination cluster, but shows better photocatalytic activity than the one prepared by a conventional sol-gel method. Owing to an intrinsic designability of coordination compounds, this facile synthetic will be applicable to a wide range of metal oxides and anion dopants. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/60637 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 平井 健二
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