Applied Chemical Engineering

Synthesis and properties of ordered mesoporous TiO2 and their composites

Wei Zhou

Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University

Honggang Fu

Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University

Kai Pan

Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/ace.v4i2.1359

Keywords: Mesoporous TiO2, Composite, Photocatalysis

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Abstract

Ordered mesoporous TiO₂ and their composites have many potential applications in the fields of photocatalysis‚ solar-cells, and so on, due to their special microstructures. The synthesized methods of ordered mesoporous TiO₂ were classified systematically in this paper. The synthesized approaches‚development history, classification and application of mesoporous TiO₂ and their composites are reviewed. Some important progress and research results are also summarized. Based on the present existing problems, the development trend is discussed.

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