Preparation of Au-loaded TiO2 pecan-kernel-like and its enhanced toluene sensing performance

Pecan-kernel-like TiO2 hierarchical architectures and Au-loaded TiO2 were successfully synthesized via facile hydrothermal synthesis method and simple precipitation route. A series of material characterization methods were employed to characterize the structure, morphology of as-synthesized materials. Characterization indicate that uniform and independent pecan-kernel-like TiO2 hierarchical architectures consisted by nanorods stacking were...