Unravelling the interfacial interaction in mesoporous SiO@nickel phyllosilicate/TiO core-shell nanostructures for photocatalytic activity.

Core-shell based nanostructures are attractive candidates for photocatalysis owing to their tunable physicochemical properties, their interfacial contact effects, and their efficacy in charge-carrier separation. This study reports, for the first time, on the synthesis of mesoporous silica@nickel phyllosilicate/titania (mSiO@NiPS/TiO) core-shell nanostructures. The TEM results showed that the mSiO@NiPS composite has a core-shell nanostructure with a unique flake-like shell morphology.