Unique Ordered TiO2 Superstructures

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DOI:10.1002/chem.201200515

UniqueOrderedTiO2SuperstructureswithTunableMorphologyand

CrystallinePhaseforImprovedLithiumStorageProperties

ZhenshengHong,YuxiaXu,YubinLiu,andMingdengWei*[a]

Introduction

Thesynthesisofsuperstructuresthroughthecontrolledself-

assemblyofnanoparticlesisaverypromisingandpotential-

lyhigh-impacttechnique;thismethodcanleadtounique

chemicalandphysicalproperties,andnewcollectivefunc-

tions.[1–3]Mesocrystalshavethereforereceivedincreasingat-

tentionfromchemistsandmaterialsscientistssincethey

werefirstreportedbyCçlfenetal.[4]Mesocrystalsareanew

classofsuperstructuredmaterials,andarecomposedofcrys-

tallinenanoparticleswithamutualorientationbetweenthe

nanocrystalbuildingunits.Amesocrystalissimilartoazeo-

liteinthatbothofthemareporoussinglecrystals;however,

mesocrystalspossessignificantversatilityintheirchemical

compositions,andhavethepotentialtoallowtheintroduc-

tionofavarietyoffunctionalproperties.Also,thedefinity

oftheirporesisdifferent.[5]Mesocrystalsalsopossessthe

advantagesinheritedfromsinglecrystalsandtheirlargespe-

cificsurfacearea,andthusareconsideredaspromisingsub-

stitutesforsingle-crystallineorpolycrystallinematerials.[4,6,7]

Forinstance,specificenergystoragematerialsfabricatedby

hierarchicalandporousmesocrystalscanbeconsideredas

idealforlithiumionbatteries(LIBs)withhighrateperfor-

mance.[6,8,9]Specifically,theinternalframeworkofthese

mesocrystallinematerialsprovideseasycontactfortheelec-

trolyte,andallowstheefficienttransportandinsertionofLi

ions.TiO2hasbeenconsideredasapotentialanodematerial

forLIBs,duetoitsintrinsicadvantagesinsafety,lowcost,

andgoodcyclicstability.[10–12]Ingeneral,theperformanceof

TiO2dependslargelyonitscrystallinephase,size,surface

stateandmicrostructures.[13–14]Accordingly,varioustech-

niquesandmaterialshavebeenadoptedtosynthesizeTiO2nanostructureswithvariousmorphologies,includingnano-

particles,nanowires,nanotubes,nanosheetsandthree-di-

mensionalarchitectures.[15–20]Inparticular,3Dnanostruc-

turesorsuperstructuresofTiO2orothermetaloxidespro-

videtheenvironmentthatisbestoptimizedtofacilitatethe

Li+charge/dischargeprocess;thisresultsinsuperiorelectro-

chemicalactivitycomparedwithnanoparticles.[9,20–22]How-

ever,thesynthesisofTiO2nanostructureswithcomplex

morphologiesremainsdifficult,duetotherapidhydrolysis

ofTi-containingprecursorsinaqueoussolutions.Toreduce

thehydrolysisrateoftheTi-containingprecursors,organic

additivesaretypicallyusedinthereactionsystem;however,

thesearestilltooexpensiveandlimitedforlarge-scaleap-

plications.ThesynthesisofTiO2nanostructureswithtunable

morphologyandphase,therefore,remainsamajorchal-

lenge,particularlyinfabricatingorderedsuperstructures,or

so-calledmesocrystals.

Inourpreviouswork,wedescribedafavorableroutefor

theadditive-freesynthesisofTiO2mesocrystalsusinghydro-

gentitanateasaprecursor.[23]Inthiscase,thephasetransi-

tionfromtitanatetotitaniawasachievedslowly;thistech-

niquemightthereforeprovideafavorabletitaniumsource

forthecontrollablesynthesisofTiO2superstructures.

Herein,wedescribetheadditive-freesynthesisofuniqueor-

deredTiO2superstructureswithtunablemorphologyand

phasethroughtheuseofdifferentcounterions.Inthepres-

entstudy,thedumbbell-shapedrutileTiO2andnanorod-like

rutilemesocyrstalsconstructedfromultrathinnanowires,Abstract:UniqueorderedTiO2super-

structureswithtunablemorphology

andcrystallinephaseweresuccessfully

preparedbytheuseofdifferentcoun-

terions.Dumbbell-shapedrutileTiO2andnanorod-likerutilemesocrystals

constructedfromultrathinnanowires,

andquasi-octahedralanataseTiO2mesocrystalsbuiltfromtinynanoparti-

clesubunitswereachieved.Interesting-

ly,theobtainedanatasemesocrystalshaveafinemicroporousstructureand

alargesurfacearea.Theinfluenceof

thecounterionsinthereactionsystem

isdiscussedandpossiblemechanisms

responsiblefortheformationofthe

uniqueorderedTiO2superstructureswithdifferentmorphologiesandcrys-

tallinephasesarealsoproposedbased

onaseriesofexperimentalresults.The

obtainedTiO2superstructureswere

usedasanodematerialsinlithiumion

batteries,andexhibitedhighercapacity

andimprovedrateperformance;thisis

attributedtotheintrinsiccharacteris-

ticsofthemesoscopicTiO2superstruc-

tures,whichhaveasingle-crystal-like

andporous

nature.Keywords:lithiumionintercala-

tion·mesocrystals·nanostructures·

orderedsuperstructures·titanium

[a]Z.Hong,Y.Xu,Y.Liu,Prof.M.Wei

InstituteofAdvancedEnergyMaterials,FuzhouUniversity

Fuzhou,Fujian350002(China)

E-mail:wei-mingdeng@fzu.edu.cn

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