HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF NANOCUBES OF SILLENITE TYPE COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS AND SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO FUELS
First Claim
1. A method of making bismuth titanate nanocubes comprising:
- reacting titanium dioxide nanotubes with a bismuth salt in an acidic bath at a temperature sufficient and for a time sufficient to form bismuth titanate crystals having the formula Bi12TiO20, where Bi is bismuth;
Ti is titanium or a fraction thereof between 0 and 1; and
O is oxygen; and
annealing the bismuth titanate crystals to form bismuth titanate nanocubes.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to formation of nanocubes of sillenite type compounds, such as bismuth titanate, i.e., Bi12TiO20, nanocubes, via a hydrothermal synthesis process, with the resulting compound(s) having multifunctional properties such as being useful in solar energy conversion, environmental remediation, and/or energy storage, for example. In one embodiment, a hydrothermal method is disclosed that transforms nanoparticles of TiO2 to bismuth titanate, i.e., Bi12TiO20, nanocubes, optionally loaded with palladium nanoparticles. The method includes reacting titanium dioxide nanotubes with a bismuth salt in an acidic bath at a temperature sufficient and for a time sufficient to form bismuth titanate crystals, which are subsequently annealed to form bismuth titanate nanocubes. After annealing, the bismuth titanate nanocubes may be optionally loaded with nano-sized metal particles, e.g., nanosized palladium particles.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of making bismuth titanate nanocubes comprising:
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reacting titanium dioxide nanotubes with a bismuth salt in an acidic bath at a temperature sufficient and for a time sufficient to form bismuth titanate crystals having the formula Bi12TiO20, where Bi is bismuth;
Ti is titanium or a fraction thereof between 0 and 1; and
O is oxygen; andannealing the bismuth titanate crystals to form bismuth titanate nanocubes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making bismuth titanate nanocubes comprising:
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mixing titanium dioxide nanotubes and a bismuth salt in an acidic bath having a pH of 0 to 1; reacting the titanium dioxide nanotubes and the bismuth salt in the acidic bath at a temperature from about 110°
C. to about 175°
C. and for a time sufficient to form bismuth titanate crystals having the formula Bi12TiO20, where Bi is bismuth;
Ti is titanium or a fraction thereof between 0 and 1; and
O is oxygen; andannealing the bismuth titanate crystals at a temperature sufficient and for a time sufficient to form bismuth titanate nanocubes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of making nanocubes of a sillenite type compound comprising:
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reacting oxide nanotubes with a salt in an acidic bath at a temperature sufficient and for a time sufficient to form crystals having the general formula (I) A12RO20, where A is bismuth, strontium, tin, nickel, aluminum, titanium, iron, silicon, barium, manganese, zinc, cadmium, calcium, copper, cobalt, vanadium, gallium, yittrium, lanthanum, cerium, hafnium, niobium, europium, samarium, or gadolinium, or a fraction thereof between 0 and 1;
R is lead, nickel, aluminum, titanium , iron, silicon, barium, manganese, zinc, cadmium, calcium, copper, gallium, or vanadium, or a fraction thereof between 0 and 1; and
O is oxygen; andannealing the crystals to form nanocubes of the general formula (I).
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