Table 1.
XRD parameters of the starting TiO2 powder, the synthetic TiO2 NRs, catalyst/TiO2 NRs, and TiO2 NRs/CNTs nanocomposite.
| Compound | Peaks | D (nm) | δ(dislocation/nm2) | Texture Coefficient | Micro Strain% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2θ | Planes | ||||||
| TiO2 Raw | 25.3° | (101) | 44.26 | 5.1047 × 10−4 | 2.105 | 0.267380 | |
| 37.8° | (004) | 45.15 | 4.9 × 10−4 | 0.3859 | 0.210517 | ||
| 48° | (200) | 40.50 | 6.09 × 10−4 | 0.5091 | 0.082071 | ||
| TiO2 Nanoribbons | H2Ti3O7 | 11.43° | (200) | 17.72 | 3.184 × 10−3 | 1.3731 | 1.233250 |
| 48.67° | (020) | 17.032 | 3.448 × 10−3 | 0.6268 | 0.370480 | ||
| TiO2 – B | 24.9° | (110) | 14.86 | 4.528 × 10−3 | 1.057 | 0.908951 | |
| 29.8° | (−401) | 10.11 | 9.783 × 10−3 | 1.601 | 1.264481 | ||
| 61.8 ° | (−802) | 1.972 | 25.71 × 10−2 | 0.341 | 3.656473 | ||
| TiO2 Nanoribbons/Catalyst | H2Ti3O7 | 11.27° | (200) | 16.55 | 3.65 × 10−3 | — | 2.162353 |
| TiO2 – B | 24.85° | (110) | 10.127 | 9.764 × 10−3 | 0.6657 | 1.612603 | |
| 29.72° | (−401) | 55.10 | 3.29 × 10−4 | 2.87 | 0.131953 | ||
| 33.18° | (310) | 9.677 | 10.67 × 10−3 | 0.71799 | 1.182843 | ||
| 41.7° | (−203) | 13.82 | 5.235 × 10−5 | 0.487 | 0.681909 | ||
| 47.8 ° | (−512) | 19.75 | 2.56 × 10−3 | 0.687 | 0.391862 | ||
| 59.2° | (004) | 14.17 | 4.980 × 10−3 | 0.5701 | 0.462148 | ||
| TiO2 NR/CNTs | CNTs | 26.05° | (002) | 10.680 | 8.7671 × 10−3 | 1.746 | 1.423243 |
| 44.12° | (100) | 21.37 | 2.189 × 10−3 | 0.253 | 0.429468 | ||
| TiO2 – B | 14.37 ° | (001) | 3.88 | 66.42 × 10−3 | 0.188 | 2.785129 | |
| 24.48 ° | (110) | 21.613 | 2.14 × 10−3 | 3.76 | 0.699158 | ||
| 32.66 ° | (310) | 10.02 | 9.96 × 10−3 | 0.294 | 1.199121 | ||
| 42.66 ° | (003) | 14.39 | 4.829 × 10−3 | 0.8306 | 0.673236 | ||
| 44.98 ° | (−403) | 23.53 | 1.80 × 10−3 | 0.974 | 0.312200 | ||
| 47.69 ° | (−512) | 19.992 | 2.5 × 10−3 | 0.769 | 0.393770 | ||
| 66.82 ° | (711) | 11.53 | 7.52 × 10−3 | 0.1821 | 0.465374 | ||