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Light-responsive color switching of self-doped TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O hetero-nanoparticles for highly efficient rewritable paper

Show Author's Information Jingmei Zhao,  Luntao Liu,  Yun Zhang,  Zhenyu Feng,  Feifei Zhao,  Wenshou Wang( )
National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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light-response, color switching, self-doping, hetero-nanoparticles, rewritable paper
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Charge transferNanoparticlesOptical propertiesOxide mineralsSynthesis (chemical)TiO2 nanoparticlesTitanium DioxideTungsten compounds
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Zhao J, Liu L, Zhang Y, et al. Light-responsive color switching of self-doped TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O hetero-nanoparticles for highly efficient rewritable paper. Nano Research, 2021, 14(1): 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3061-9
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Smart materials that reversibly change color upon light illumination are widely explored for diverse appealing applications. However, light-responsive color switching materials are mainly limited to organic molecules. The synthesis of inorganic counterparts has remained a significant challenge because of their slow light response and poor reversibility. Here, we report a seeded growth strategy for the synthesis of TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O hetero-nanoparticles (HNPs) with networked wire-like structure of ~ 10 nm in diameters that enable the highly reversible light-responsive color switching properties. For the TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O HNPs, Ti3+ species self-doped in TiO2-x nanoparticles (NPs) act as efficient sacrificial electron donors (SEDs) and Ti-O-W linkages formed between TiO2-x and WO3·0.33H2O NPs ensure the nanoscale interfacial contact, endowing the HNPs enhanced photoreductive activity and efficient interfacial charge transfer upon ultraviolet (UV) illumination to achieve highly efficient color switching. The TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O HNPs exhibits rapid light response (< 15 s) and long reversible color switching cycles (> 180 times). We further demonstrate the applications of TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O HNPs in ink-free, light-printable rewritable paper that can be written on freehand or printed on through a photomask using UV light. This work opens an avenue for designing inorganic light-responsive color switching nanomaterials and their smart applications.


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Light-responsive color switching of self-doped TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O hetero-nanoparticles for highly efficient rewritable paper

Show Author's information Jingmei Zhao, Luntao Liu, Yun Zhang, Zhenyu Feng, Feifei Zhao, Wenshou Wang( )
National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

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Smart materials that reversibly change color upon light illumination are widely explored for diverse appealing applications. However, light-responsive color switching materials are mainly limited to organic molecules. The synthesis of inorganic counterparts has remained a significant challenge because of their slow light response and poor reversibility. Here, we report a seeded growth strategy for the synthesis of TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O hetero-nanoparticles (HNPs) with networked wire-like structure of ~ 10 nm in diameters that enable the highly reversible light-responsive color switching properties. For the TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O HNPs, Ti3+ species self-doped in TiO2-x nanoparticles (NPs) act as efficient sacrificial electron donors (SEDs) and Ti-O-W linkages formed between TiO2-x and WO3·0.33H2O NPs ensure the nanoscale interfacial contact, endowing the HNPs enhanced photoreductive activity and efficient interfacial charge transfer upon ultraviolet (UV) illumination to achieve highly efficient color switching. The TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O HNPs exhibits rapid light response (< 15 s) and long reversible color switching cycles (> 180 times). We further demonstrate the applications of TiO2-x/WO3·0.33H2O HNPs in ink-free, light-printable rewritable paper that can be written on freehand or printed on through a photomask using UV light. This work opens an avenue for designing inorganic light-responsive color switching nanomaterials and their smart applications.

Keywords: light-response, color switching, self-doping, hetero-nanoparticles, rewritable paper

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Received: 07 July 2020
Revised: 17 August 2020
Accepted: 20 August 2020
Published: 05 January 2021
Issue date: January 2021

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2019JQ15) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21671120 and 51972199). We would like to thank the Analytical Center for Structural Constituent and Physical Property of Core Facilities Sharing Platform, Shandong University for ESR and Raman characterizations.

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