Crystal Design and Photoactivity of TiO Nanorod Template Decorated with Nanostructured BiS Visible Light Sensitizer.

In this study, TiO-BiS composites with various morphologies were synthesized through hydrothermal vulcanization with sputtering deposited BiO sacrificial layer method on the TiO nanorod templates. The morphologies of decorated BiS nanostructures on the TiO nanorod templates are controlled by the duration of hydrothermal vulcanization treatment. The BiS crystals in lumpy filament, nanowire, and nanorod feature were decorated on the TiO nanorod template after 1, 3, and 5 h hydrothermal vulcanization, respectively.