摘要
The paper aims to expand the application of natural marine algae.Marine diatoms,which have intricate frustule structures,can serve as bio-template for preparing three-dimensional materials.A simple and effective approach to synthesize the corrugated agaric-like biomorphic TiO 2 templated with frustule of Coscinodiscus sp.is reported.In the sol-gel preparation process,the titania-coating on the frustule is prepared through the deposition and condensation with the aid of acetylacetone(acac) as a controlling agent to make the precursor Ti(BuO) 4 hydrolyze slowly.The as-prepared titania-coated frustule and biomorphic TiO 2 is characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) attached with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer(EMAX) and X-ray diffraction(XRD).The microstructure of the corresponding titania nanoparticles appears to be sphere with the diameters distributed around 10 20 nm.The templating process is repeated for three cycles.Subsequently,the three-dimensional freestanding corrugated agaric-like biomorphic TiO 2 structure is obtained by a selective removal in the NaOH solution.As far as we known,the 3D freestanding corrugated agaric-like biomorphic TiO 2 with greatly increased surface area is obtained for the first time.
The paper aims to expand the application of natural marine algae. Marine diatoms, which have intricate frustule struc- tures, can serve as bio-template for preparing three-dimensional materials. A simple and effective approach to synthesize the corru- gated agaric-like biomorphic TiO2 templated with frustule of Coscinodiscus sp. is reported. In the sol-gel preparation process, the titania-coating on the frustule is prepared through the deposition and condensation with the aid of acetylacetone （acac） as a control- ling agent to make the precursor Ti（BuO）4 hydrolyze slowly. The as-prepared titania-coated frustule and biomorphic TiOz is charac- terized by scanning electron microscopy （SEM） attached with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer （EMAX） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. The microstructure of the corresponding titania nanoparticles appears to be sphere with the diameters distributed around 10-20nm. The templating process is repeated for three cycles. Subsequently, the three-dimensional freestanding corrugated aga- ric-like biomorphic TiO2 structure is obtained by a selective removal in the NaOH solution. As far as we known, the 3D freestanding corrugated agaric-like biomorphic TiOz with greatly increased surface area is obtained for the first time.
基金
supported by the Key Scientific and Technological Projects of Shandong Province (2011GGX10401)
