Thermal behaviour study of some sol-gel TiO2 based materials |
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Authors: | Maria Cri?an Ana Br?ileanu D Cri?an M?lina R?ileanu N Dr?gan Diana Mardare V Teodorescu Adelina Ianculescu Ruxandra Bîrjega M Dumitru |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Physical Chemistry ‘Ilie Murgulescu’, Laboratory of Oxide Materials Science, 202 Splaiul Independen?ei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania 2. Faculty of Physics, ‘Al.I. Cuza’ University, 11 Carol I Blvd., 700506, Ia?i, Romania 3. National Institute for Physics of Materials, P.O. Box MG 07, Bucharest, M?gurele, Romania 4. University ‘Politehnica’, 1 Gh. Polizu, 011061, Bucharest, Romania 5. Plasma and Radiation Physics, National Institute for Lasers, P.O. Box MG-36, 769000, Bucharest, Romania
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Abstract: | Among the great number of sol-gel materials prepared, TiO2 holds one of the most important places due to its photocatalytic properties, both in the case of powders and coatings. Impurity
doping is one of the typical approaches to extend the spectral response of a wide band gap semiconductor to visible light.
This work has studied some un-doped and Pd-doped sol-gel TiO2 nanopowders, presenting various surface morphologies and structures. The obtained powders have been embedded in vitreous
TiO2 matrices and the corresponding coatings have been prepared by dipping procedure, on glass substrates. The relationship between
the synthesis conditions and the properties of titania nanosized materials, such as thermal stability, phase composition,
crystallinity, morphology and size of particles, and the influence of dopant was investigated.
The influence of Pd on TiO2 crystallization both for supported and unsupported materials was studied (lattice parameters, crystallite sizes, internal
strains). The hydrophilic properties of the films were also connected with their structure, composition and surface morphology.
The methods used for the characterization of the materials have been: simultaneous thermogravimetry and differential thermal
analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy (TEM, SAED) and AFM. |
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Keywords: | films from nanopowders hydrophilicity nanopowders Pd-doped TiO2 materials sol-gel process thermal behaviour un-doped TiO2 materials |
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