@article{caed0d0e14ab47d281859866656cc48e,
title = "Well-Defined Single and Bundled Rutile Nanorods in Mesoporous Silica for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysis",
abstract = "Rutile nanorods (single nanorods and connected nanorods) with diameter similar to the pore size of the template (cylindrical mesopore of SBA-15 with a pore diameter of 8 nm) are prepared by infiltration of the partially hydrolyzed titanium alkoxide and the subsequent in situ crystallization in the mesopore by reaction with HCl vapor at room temperature. Morphological variation is achieved by varying the loading amount of the titanium dioxide precursor in the mesoporous silica. The crystallization is followed by Raman spectra and X-ray diffraction patterns. The single rutile nanorods with the diameter of 5 nm and the connected rutile nanorods with the diameter of 7 nm are successfully collected by dissolving the silica template (SBA-15) using an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide. Both supported and isolated rutile nanorods are active for hydrogen evolution from an aqueous methanol solution by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation.",
keywords = "Hevolution, nanospace, room temperature crystallization, rutile nanorods, TiO-mesoporous silica hybrids",
author = "Kasimanat Vibulyaseak and Navarut Paengjun and Akihiko Kudo and Makoto Ogawa",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Research Chair Grant 2017 (grant number FDA-CO-2560-5655) from the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand, by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) as Distinguished Research Professor Grant (Grant number N41A640072) Thailand, and by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17H06440 and 17H06433 in Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Innovations for Light-Energy Conversion (I4LEC), Japan”. This work was done as a Joint Usage Program of the “Photocatalysis International Research Center” Research Institute for Science and Technology Tokyo University of Science. This study was also supported by a Moonshot project (Grant number JPNP18016) from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan. K.G.V. and N.K.P. acknowledge the Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) for the scholarship to their Ph.D study. Technical supports by Mr. Thassanant Atithep of VISTEC, Assistant Professor Yuichi Yamaguchi and Professor Akihide Iwase of Tokyo University of Science are appreciated. Funding Information: This work was supported by the Research Chair Grant 2017 (grant number FDA-CO-2560-5655) from the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand, by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) as Distinguished Research Professor Grant (Grant number N41A640072) Thailand, and by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17H06440 and 17H06433 in Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Innovations for Light-Energy Conversion (I4LEC), Japan”. This work was done as a Joint Usage Program of the “Photocatalysis International Research Center” Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science. This study was also supported by a Moonshot project (Grant number JPNP18016) from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan. K.G.V. and N.K.P. acknowledge the Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) for the scholarship to their Ph.D study. Technical supports by Mr. Thassanant Atithep of VISTEC, Assistant Professor Yuichi Yamaguchi, and Professor Akihide Iwase of Tokyo University of Science are appreciated. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1021/acsanm.2c03972",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "18004--18013",
journal = "ACS Applied Nano Materials",
issn = "2574-0970",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "12",
}