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A simple synthesis was applied and tested for the preparation of boron-doped titanium dioxide [TiO 2 (B)] nanocrystals using titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) together with boric acid (H 3 BO 3 ) and benzyl alcohol as reaction solvent. Changes in the TTIP/H 3 BO 3 molar ratio allowed a scalable synthetic protocol with a significant B-dopant control. In particular, this approach does not need surfactants or a final calcination step. X-ray diffractometry (XRD), low-and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM and HRTEM), and micro Raman spectroscopy revealed that the TiO 2 nanocrystals produced have diameters up to about 10 nm and are mainly of the anatase phase but that a brookite phase was progressively formed with increased dopant Eur.

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