Highly controlled crystallite size and crystallinity of pure and iron-doped anatase-TiO2 nanocrystals by continuous flow supercritical synthesis

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-339

  Mi, Jian Li ^a   Johnsen, Simon ^a   Clausen, Casper ^a   Hald, Peter ^a   Lock, Nina ^a   So, Lasse ^a   Iversen, Bo B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; ANATASE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; COMPLETE CONTROL; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW SYNTHESIS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DOPED-TIO; FE-DOPED TIO; HIGH PURITY; ISO-PROPANOLS; ISOPROPANOL-WATER; NEAR-CRITICAL CONDITIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESIDENCE TIME; SINGLE PHASE; SUPERCRITICAL; TIO;

NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84870848427     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.234     Document Type: Article

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