Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes

Titanate nanotubes were prepared by a rapid hydrothermal method in the presence of triethanolamine (TEA) using TiO2 nanoparticles as a precursor. The addition of TEA significantly reduced the formation time of the titanate nanotubes from 24 to 6 h. The crystalline structure of the titanate nanotubes...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: An'amt, M.N., Huang, N.M., Radiman, S., H.N., Lim, Muhamad, M.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/1/18%2520M.N.%2520An%25D4%25C7%25D6amt.pdf
_version_ 1848811280808280064
author An'amt, M.N.
Huang, N.M.
Radiman, S.
H.N., Lim
Muhamad, M.R.
author_facet An'amt, M.N.
Huang, N.M.
Radiman, S.
H.N., Lim
Muhamad, M.R.
author_sort An'amt, M.N.
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Titanate nanotubes were prepared by a rapid hydrothermal method in the presence of triethanolamine (TEA) using TiO2 nanoparticles as a precursor. The addition of TEA significantly reduced the formation time of the titanate nanotubes from 24 to 6 h. The crystalline structure of the titanate nanotubes was revealed to be H2Ti2O5 through the X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement. The morphology of the titanate nanotubes was confirmed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) while the surface area was characterized using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis. The titanate nanotubes produced were several hundred nanometers in length and had an average outer diameter of ~ 11.5 nm, inner diameter of ~5.0 nm, interlayer spacing of 0.93 nm and surface area of >250 m2/g. The photocatalytic activity of the titanate nanotubes was studied using methylene blue as a model dye; the titanate nanotubes showed better photocatalytic performance as compared to TiO2 nanoparticles.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T23:43:54Z
format Article
id oai:generic.eprints.org:6826
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T23:43:54Z
publishDate 2014
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:68262016-12-14T06:42:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/ Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes An'amt, M.N. Huang, N.M. Radiman, S. H.N., Lim Muhamad, M.R. Titanate nanotubes were prepared by a rapid hydrothermal method in the presence of triethanolamine (TEA) using TiO2 nanoparticles as a precursor. The addition of TEA significantly reduced the formation time of the titanate nanotubes from 24 to 6 h. The crystalline structure of the titanate nanotubes was revealed to be H2Ti2O5 through the X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement. The morphology of the titanate nanotubes was confirmed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) while the surface area was characterized using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis. The titanate nanotubes produced were several hundred nanometers in length and had an average outer diameter of ~ 11.5 nm, inner diameter of ~5.0 nm, interlayer spacing of 0.93 nm and surface area of >250 m2/g. The photocatalytic activity of the titanate nanotubes was studied using methylene blue as a model dye; the titanate nanotubes showed better photocatalytic performance as compared to TiO2 nanoparticles. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/1/18%2520M.N.%2520An%25D4%25C7%25D6amt.pdf An'amt, M.N. and Huang, N.M. and Radiman, S. and H.N., Lim and Muhamad, M.R. (2014) Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes. Sains Malaysiana, 43 (1). pp. 137-144. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
spellingShingle An'amt, M.N.
Huang, N.M.
Radiman, S.
H.N., Lim
Muhamad, M.R.
Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
title Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
title_full Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
title_fullStr Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
title_full_unstemmed Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
title_short Triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
title_sort triethanolamine – solution for rapid hydrothermal synthesis of titanate nanotubes
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6826/1/18%2520M.N.%2520An%25D4%25C7%25D6amt.pdf