Polyethylene Glycol as Shape and Size Controller for the Hydrothermal Synthesis of SrTiO3 Cubes and Polyhedra
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents
2.2. SrTiO3 Materials Synthesis
2.3. Materials Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. X-ray Diffraction
3.2. Shape and Size Characterization by Electron Microscopy and Dynamic Light Scattering
3.3. UV–Vis–NIR Spectroscopy
3.4. Photoelectrochemical Characterization
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | [PEG], mM | DH, nm | Size TEM, nm | Crystallographic Phase | Shape |
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SrTIT-0 g | 0 | 239 ± 52 | 177 ± 56 | SrTiO3 | Cuboidal and undefined |
SrTIT-5 g | 131 | 680 ± 43 | 861 ± 122 | SrTiO3 | Cubes |
SrTIT-10 g | 245 | 417 ± 20 | 569 ± 118 | SrTiO3 | Tetra-hexahedron |
SrTIT-20 g | 434 | 236 ± 17 | 173 ± 33 | SrTiO3 | Polyhedra |
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Pellegrino, F.; Sordello, F.; Mino, L.; Prozzi, M.; Mansfeld, U.; Hodoroaba, V.-D.; Minero, C. Polyethylene Glycol as Shape and Size Controller for the Hydrothermal Synthesis of SrTiO3 Cubes and Polyhedra. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1892. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091892
Pellegrino F, Sordello F, Mino L, Prozzi M, Mansfeld U, Hodoroaba V-D, Minero C. Polyethylene Glycol as Shape and Size Controller for the Hydrothermal Synthesis of SrTiO3 Cubes and Polyhedra. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(9):1892. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091892
Chicago/Turabian StylePellegrino, Francesco, Fabrizio Sordello, Lorenzo Mino, Marco Prozzi, Ulrich Mansfeld, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba, and Claudio Minero. 2020. "Polyethylene Glycol as Shape and Size Controller for the Hydrothermal Synthesis of SrTiO3 Cubes and Polyhedra" Nanomaterials 10, no. 9: 1892. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091892