Large Polyoxotitanate Clusters: Well-Defined Models for Pure-Phase TiO2 Structures and Surfaces
Large Polyoxotitanate Clusters: Well-Defined Models for Pure-Phase TiO2 Structures and Surfaces
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DOI:
10.1021/ja106436y
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发表时间:
2010-10-06
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Coppens, Philip
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作者:
Benedict, Jason B.;Freindorf, Renata;Coppens, Philip
Careful control of the temperature and duration of the reaction between titanium tert-butoxide and acetic acid leads to the formation of new polyoxotitanate clusters with 14, 18, and 28 Ti atoms. They are considered intermediates in the growth of Ti/O nanoclusters of increasing size. The Ti-28 cluster is the largest crystallized to date. UV/vis spectroscopy on this cluster reveals that the optical band gap is blue-shifted with respect to a cluster containing only 17 titanium atoms indicating that the optical properties are more heavily influenced by the internal structure of the particle than its size.