F127 SINGLE CRYSTALLINE RUTILE TIO2 NANORODS SYNTHESIZED BYF127 SURFACTANT: :

2009/3/26

Experimental SectionF127(surfactant)HCLTTIPStirring slowly to presents clarifies transparentlyCalcined 500 oC (2oC/min)TiO2 powderDI waterDI waterDried for 24 hrEDSSEMTEMUVvisXRD

XRD pattern of TiO2 nanorod.

(a)SEM image of TiO2 nanorod; (b)TEM image of TiO2 nanorod;ab(c)HRTEM images of TiO2 nanorod c3.256(110)

(110)(001)SAED pattern of the nanorod(110) d value 3.23(001) d value 2.95(111) d value 2.19(111)

R(0 0 1)>R(1 1 0)>R(1 1 1)

Room-temperature UV-Vis absorption spectra of the TiO2 nanorods.

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on a Single-Crystalline TiO2 Nanorod Film

Jinting Jiu,*, Seiji Isoda, Fumin Wang, and Motonari Adachi*,Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto UniVersity, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin UniVersity, Tianjin 300072, Peoples Republic of China, and International InnoVation Center, Kyoto UniVersity, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Figure 2. XRD patterns of nanorods (A) without and (B) with F127before calcination, (C) with and (D) without F127 after calcination at450 C, and (E) spherical particles of antase TiO2.

Figure 3. SEM images of nanorod films formed (A) without and (B)with F127 after calcination at 450 C.

F127F127F127TiO2550CTAB 0.005M0.03M0.05500nm0.1

F127(surfactant)HCLTTIPStirring slowly to presents clarifies transparentlyCalcined 500 oC (2oC/min)TiO2 powderDI waterDI waterDried for 24 hrEDSSEMTEMUVvisXRDEthanolEthanol:DI water1)1~4:102)8:15

SEME30CE160CE120CE60C

TEME30CE60CE120CE160C