Kinetics of the amorphous—anatase phase transformation in copper doped titanium oxide |
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Authors: | P Baltazar V H Lara G Córdoba R Arroyo |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apdo. Postal 55-534, 09820 México, D.F., México |
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Abstract: | Samples of TiO2 doped with 2 and 5 mol% of Cu2+ were prepared by the sol-gel process. Titanium(IV) isopropoxide and copper(II) nitrate were used as precursors. The samples
were prepared as monolithic shapes, dried at 80°C for 72 h and heat treated at various temperatures in the range 200–900°C
for 2 h. The structural transformation and texture of the samples were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and
nitrogen adsorption. Significant changes were observed during the crystallization process; on the one hand, the crystallization
profiles show that crystallization occurs uniformly and is practically insensitive to the dopant concentration, but when the
transformation at a given temperature is followed as a function of time, the rate of the amorphous-anatase transformation
is larger for the sample containing 2 mol% Cu2+. Electron spin resonance (ESR) results show that in this sample there is no segregation of Cu2+ ions. The sample containing 2 mol% of Cu2+ was selected for the kinetic studies and the temperatures selected were 300, 325, 350, 375 and 400°C, which were taken from
the amorphous to anatase crystallization profile. An activation energy of 137 ± 4 kJ/mol for the crystallization process was
estimated from the kinetic data. These results showed that the effect of the open structure present in the TiO2 amorphous phase provides the atomic mobility required for the crystallization. On the other hand, the differences in the
crystallization rate due to the amount of Cu2+ were explained by the segregation of copper ions to the surface of the samples. |
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Keywords: | Crystallization process Activation energy Arrhenius plot Kinetic constant |
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