Synthesis of Titania Nanostructures and their Application as Catalyst Supports for Hydrogenation and Oxidation Reactions

Lucky Mashudu Sikhwivhilu; Suprakas Sinha Ray; Neil John Coville

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.140.61

Paper Titles

Stability, Instability, Metastability and Grain Size in Nanocrystalline Ceramic Oxide Systems
p.29

Mesoporous Crystals of Transition Metal Oxides
p.37

Structural, Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Surface Oxidised Fe Nanoparticles
p.47

Nanosized Barium Hexaferrite Powders Obtained by a Single Microemulsion Technique
p.55

Synthesis of Titania Nanostructures and their Application as Catalyst Supports for Hydrogenation and Oxidation Reactions
p.61

Magnetic Anisotropy of Co Films Annealed by Laser Pulses
p.69

First Principle Investigation of Structural Properties of Potassium Doped Fullerene Clusters – K_n(C₆₀)₂
p.77

MD Study of the Endohedral Potassium Ion Fullerene Cluster (K⁺@C₆₀)₇
p.81

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Liquid Crystal Phase in a Small Mesogene Cluster (5CB)₂₂
p.89

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Synthesis of Titania Nanostructures and their Application as Catalyst Supports for Hydrogenation and Oxidation Reactions

Abstract:

Nanomaterials are of great importance for their versatile applications in gas sensors, solar cells and photocatalysis due to their unique optical, electrical and catalytic properties. Titania derived nanotubular and nanospherical particles with a titanate structure were synthesized using a hydrothermal procedure in the presence of very concentrated solutions of KOH and NaOH respectively. Both nanostructures were found to exhibit relatively large specific surface areas, i.e. 280 and 303 m2/g for materials treated in NaOH and KOH respectively. The morphological and structural properties were characterised by TEM, SEM, Raman spectroscopy and XRD.