Unique Ordered TiO2 Superstructures
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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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