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15-01-2021 | Original Research

Solvothermal sol–gel synthesis of TiO₂-cellulose nanocrystalline composites

Authors: Andrey Zdravkov, Maria Listratenko, Stanislav Gorbachev, Iraida Osovskaya, Andrey Kanaev, Nikolai Khimich

Published in: Cellulose | Issue 4/2021

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Due to its unique supramolecular structure, cellulose is widely used as a template agent, ensuring an easy structuring of anatase TiO₂ particles with subsequent release after the organics burning. This work is devoted to the synthesis of microcrystalline cellulose-TiO₂ (MCC-TiO₂) composite photocatalyst by preserving the intermediate organic–inorganic structures. A series of the MCC-TiO₂ materials were prepared via solvothermal sol–gel method in n-decane and caproic acid solvents and characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, IR spectroscopy, ¹H NMR and TG/DSC methods. The photocatalytic activity of the prepared materials was evaluated by the decomposition of formic acid in aqueous solutions. The composites failed to be formed in n-decane, while in caproic acid, acting as solvent and reagent, anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles were formed onto the crystalline domains of cellulose, tightly fixed due to covalent Ti–O–C bonds. The materials formed in caproic acid showed a higher photocatalytic activity, explained by a complementarity of the organic and inorganic components. The specific activity (normalized on TiO₂ mass) of best synthetized composite materials was almost twice higher than that of Aeroxide P25 TiO₂ reference photocatalyst.

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Title: Solvothermal sol–gel synthesis of TiO2-cellulose nanocrystalline composites
Authors: Andrey Zdravkov
Maria Listratenko
Stanislav Gorbachev
Iraida Osovskaya
Andrey Kanaev
Nikolai Khimich
Publication date: 15-01-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Cellulose / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0969-0239
Electronic ISSN: 1572-882X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03656-y

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