Table 2.
Nitrogen content, specific surface area (SBET), band-gap energy values, and color of TiO2 nanoribbons derived from hydrogen titanate nanoribbons under different transformation conditions.
| sample | N contenta (wt %) | SBET (m2·g−1) | band gap (eV) | color |
| TO-400 | — | 31 | 3.50 | white |
| TO-580 | — | 23 | 3.50 | white |
| TO-650 | — | 21 | 3.30 | white |
| TN-400 | 0.8 | 31 | 3.44 | pale yellow |
| TN-580 | 1.3 | 32 | 3.15 | yellowish green |
| TN-650 | 2.5 | 32 | 3.10 | grey |
| CH-W | — | 64 | 3.49 | white |
| CH-N | 0.6 | 45 | 3.51 | white |
| MW-W | — | 61 | 3.52 | white |
| MW-W+TO | — | 57 | 3.50 | white |
| CH-W+TN | 0.3 | 53 | 3.52 | white |
aN content was calculated from XPS spectra.