Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 50, Issue 9 p. 2133-2137 Communication On the True Photoreactivity Order of {001}, {010}, and {101} Facets of Anatase TiO2 Crystals† Jian Pan, Jian Pan Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Gang Liu, Corresponding Author Dr. Gang Liu gangliu@imr.ac.cn Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Gao Qing (Max) Lu, Prof. Gao Qing (Max) Lu ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. 4072 (Australia)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Hui-Ming Cheng, Corresponding Author Prof. Hui-Ming Cheng cheng@imr.ac.cn Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Search for more papers by this author Jian Pan, Jian Pan Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Gang Liu, Corresponding Author Dr. Gang Liu gangliu@imr.ac.cn Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Gao Qing (Max) Lu, Prof. Gao Qing (Max) Lu ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. 4072 (Australia)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Hui-Ming Cheng, Corresponding Author Prof. Hui-Ming Cheng cheng@imr.ac.cn Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua RD, Shenyang 110016 (China)Search for more papers by this author First published: 26 January 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201006057Citations: 1,029 † We thank Dr. C. H. Sun and Dr. Z. G. Chen for their generous help and valuable discussion regarding atomic structure models, Dr. D. M. Tang and Dr. P. F. Yan for their help in TEM characterization, the Major Basic Research Program, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2009CB220001), NSFC (Nos. 50921004, 51002160, and 21090343), Solar Energy Initiative, and the Funding (KJCX2-YW-H21-01) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for financial support. GL thanks the IMR SYNL-T.S. Kê Research Fellowship. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Contrary to conventional understanding, clean anatase {001} facets exhibit lower photoreactivity than {101} facets. Furthermore, the {010} facets showed the highest photocatalytic reactivity in generating OH radicals and hydrogen evolution. This behavior was revealed by studies on crystals grown hydrothermally to have a predominance of {001}, {101}, or {010} facets (left to right in picture (a) and (b)–(d), respectively). Citing Literature Supporting Information Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Filename Description anie_201006057_sm_miscellaneous_information.pdf441.1 KB miscellaneous_information Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article. Volume50, Issue9February 25, 2011Pages 2133-2137 RelatedInformation