Simultaneous Sc-doping and suboxide transformation of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles

IF 4.8 2区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING Materials Characterization Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI:10.1016/j.matchar.2025.114831

Victor Y. Zenou , Mária Čaplovičová , Martin Kormunda , Snejana Bakardjieva

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Abstract

Self-assembled agglomerates of 4 at.% Sc doped titania (4SDT) nanoparticles (NPs) were obtained using a simple water-based co-precipitation of titanium oxysulfate and scandium oxalate with urea at low temperature. Undoped samples were also prepared for comparison.

Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and dual electron energy loss spectroscopy (DualEELS), showed that 4SDT agglomerates comprised self-assembled anatase NPs and sub-stoichiometric trititanium pentoxide (β-Ti₃O₅). The Ti₃O₅ either surrounded the anatase NPs as an ultra-thin outer layer or grew on the anatase surface in randomly distributed “nanoislands” closely connected to the Sc³⁺ ion.

Heating to 800 °C under air caused the Sc³⁺ to segregate out the anatase lattice to form Sc-rich oxides (usually Sc₄Ti₃O₁₂). Also, it was detected that the Ti⁴⁺ amount increased at the expense of Ti³⁺.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), employed to investigate the elements' surface composition, oxidation states, and electronic configurations, showed 4.6 % Sc relative to the sum of Sc and Ti, close to the nominal composition of 4 %. The O/Ti values found for 4SDT by XPS and EELS were 2.3 ± 0.1 and 2.2 ± 0.2, respectively.

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Materials Characterization 工程技术-材料科学：表征与测试

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36 days

期刊介绍： Materials Characterization features original articles and state-of-the-art reviews on theoretical and practical aspects of the structure and behaviour of materials. The Journal focuses on all characterization techniques, including all forms of microscopy (light, electron, acoustic, etc.,) and analysis (especially microanalysis and surface analytical techniques). Developments in both this wide range of techniques and their application to the quantification of the microstructure of materials are essential facets of the Journal. The Journal provides the Materials Scientist/Engineer with up-to-date information on many types of materials with an underlying theme of explaining the behavior of materials using novel approaches. Materials covered by the journal include: Metals & Alloys Ceramics Nanomaterials Biomedical materials Optical materials Composites Natural Materials.