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Titania Mesocrystals: Working Surface in Photocatalytic Reactions

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Titania mesocrystals were produced in the presence of polyethylene glycol 400. The doping of the mesocrystals with a small amount of vanadium was shown to increase the photocatalytic activity in comparison with undoped anatase mesocrystals. It was experimentally determined for the first time, using mild ultrasonication of the material, that the photocatalytic reaction of the decomposition of crystal violet occurs throughout the surface of the titania mesocrystals.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 18–73–10212) using equipment of the Center for Shared Use of Physical Methods of Investigation, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

The XPS studies were performed using equipment of the Center for Shared Facilities “Center for Physical and Physicochemical Methods of Analysis and Investigation of Properties and Characteristics of Surface, Nanostructures, Materials, and Articles,” Udmurt Federal Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhevsk, Russia, and were supported by the Ministry of Education and Science under the Federal Purpose Program “Research and Design in Top-Priority Directions of Development of the Science and Technology Sector in Russia for 2014–2020” (Unique Project Identifier RFMEFI62119X0035).

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  1. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Sadovnikov, A. I. Gavrilov, A. M. Makarevich & O. V. Boytsova

  2. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Sadovnikov

  3. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047, Moscow, Russia

    E. G. Nechaev

  4. Udmurt Federal Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 426067, Izhevsk, Russia

    A. N. Beltiukov

  5. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    O. V. Boytsova

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Sadovnikov, A.A., Nechaev, E.G., Beltiukov, A.N. et al. Titania Mesocrystals: Working Surface in Photocatalytic Reactions. Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 66, 460–467 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036023621040197

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