The invention relates to a single-step hydrothermal micro-
emulsion method for preparing iron-doped nano
titanium dioxide
powder. The single-step hydrothermal micro-
emulsion method specifically comprises the following steps of constituting water-in-oil W / O type micro-
emulsion by using
alkylphenol ethoxylates (OP-10) as a surfactant, using n-butyl
alcohol (C4H9OH) as a cosurfactant, using
cyclohexane (C6H12) as an
oil phase, using butyl
titanate (Ti(OC4H9)4) as a
titanium source and using
hydrochloric acid (HCl) liquor of
ferric chloride (FeCl3.6H2O) as a water phase; uniformly stirring, and transferring into a lined
polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle for keeping heat for 1 hour-5 hours at a constant temperature of 120 DEG C-160 DEG C, naturally cooling to the
room temperature; and washing, separating and
drying to prepare the iron-doped nano
titanium dioxide
powder. According to the single-step hydrothermal micro-emulsion method disclosed by the invention, the iron-doped
titanium dioxide is obtained by directly reacting in a low-temperature
liquid phase, the preparation process is simple, and the prepared iron-doped nano TiO2
powder is controllable in dimension, uniform in size and provided with
average diameter of 10 nm-25 nm; moreover, the iron-doped nano TiO2 powder is expected to be widely applied in the fields such as
hydrogen production by photodecomposition of water, degradation of organic pollutants, and the like.