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Gray TiO2 Nanowires Synthesized by Aluminum‐Mediated Reduction and Their Excellent Photocatalytic Activity for Water Cleaning

Dr. Hao Yin

Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

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Tianquan Lin

Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (P.R. China)

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Chongyin Yang

Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (P.R. China)

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Zhou Wang

Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (P.R. China)

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Guilian Zhu

Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (P.R. China)

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Prof. Dr. Tao Xu

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (USA)

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Prof. Dr. Xiaoming Xie

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: xmxie@mail.sim.ac.cn

Department State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information, Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54219909

Xiaoming Xie, Department State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information, Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54219909

Fuqiang Huang, Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

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Prof. Dr. Fuqiang Huang

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: huangfq@mail.sic.ac.cn

Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (P.R. China)

Xiaoming Xie, Department State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information, Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54219909

Fuqiang Huang, Department CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54216360

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Prof. Dr. Mianheng Jiang

Department State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information, Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 21‐54219909

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First published: 06 September 2013
Citations: 52
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Abstract

Not always black and white : Gray TiO2 nanowires with high photocatalytic activity have been successfully synthesized by aluminum‐mediated reduction in a two‐zone furnace. These wires, which possess a core (TiO2−x )/shell (TiO2) structure, exhibit visible‐light and even IR absorption with high photocatalytic activity (see figure), far exceeding that of commercial Degussa P25. They show high stability in air and water under solar‐light irradiation.