Sol–gel synthesis and optical properties of titanium dioxide thin film

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (09) ◽  
pp. 1850076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan Ullah ◽  
Shaukat Ali Khattak ◽  
Tanveer Ahmad ◽  
Saman ◽  
Nayab Ali Ludhi

The titanium dioxide (TiO2) is synthesized by sol–gel method using titanium-tetra-iso-propoxide (TTIP) as a starting material, and deposited on the pre-cleaned glass substrate using spin coating technique at optimized parameters. Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy confirms successful TiO2 growth. The optical properties concerning the transmission and absorption spectra show 85% transparency and 3.28 eV wide optical band gap for indirect transition, calculated from absorbance. The exponential behavior of absorption edge is observed and attributed to the localized states electronic transitions, curtailed in the indirect band gap of the thin film. The film reveals decreasing refractive index with increasing wavelength. The photoluminescence (PL) study ascertains that luminescent properties are due to the surface defects.

2015 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 528-531
Author(s):  
Jun Wang ◽  
Ling Yun Bai

TiO2 thin films were prepared on glass substrates by sol-gel method. The effect of withdraw speed on the thickness and optical properties of TiO2 thin films was investigated. The films were transparent in the visible wavelength. The thickness of the TiO2 films was increased from 90 nm for the withdraw speed of 1000 μm/s to 160 nm for the withdraw speed of 2000 μm/s. While, The refractive index of the TiO2 thin film decreased from 2.38 to 2.07. It may be due to the porosity of the film was increased. The optical band-gap of the films was around 3.45 eV.


2013 ◽  
Vol 395-396 ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wang ◽  
Long Huang

Undoped and Fe-doped (Fe ions content was 0.1) TiO2thin film prepared by Sol-gel method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results showed that TiO2gel annealed at 500°C was crystallized anatase phase. The contact angle for undoped and Fe-doped TiO2thin film was 47.1° and 8.8°. The transparent spectra showed that the cutoff wavelength of was red shift. The band-gap of Fe-doped TiO2film was 3.47 eV.


2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 656-659
Author(s):  
Ping Cao ◽  
Yue Bai

Al co-doped ZnCoO thin film has been prepared by a sol-gel method. The structural and optical properties of the sample were investigated. X-ray diffraction and UV absorption spectroscopy analyses indicate that Al3+ and Co2+ substitute for Zn2+ without changing the wurtzite structure. With the Al doping, the visible emission increased and the UV emission decreased, which is attributed to the increase of O vacancies and Zn interstitials.


2013 ◽  
Vol 832 ◽  
pp. 128-131
Author(s):  
Sharipah Nadzirah ◽  
Uda Hashim

Titania or titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin film has been synthesized via sol-gel method with monoethanolamine (MEA) as a catalyst. The mixing of titanium butoxide as a precursor, ethanol as a solvent and MEA were stirred using magnetic stirrer under ambient temperature [. The TiO2solution prepared then was deposited on SiO2substrates using spin-coater and the coated films were annealed at 600°C. Finally, both before and after annealed TiO2thin films were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The obtained results show the different TiO2particles formation before and after annealed.


MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 661-666
Author(s):  
L. Ajith DeSilva ◽  
Sarahn Nazaret ◽  
A. G. U. Perera ◽  
T. M. W. J. Bandara

ABSTRACTOne-dimensional hybrid Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) is constructed using Tris (8-hydroxy) quinoline aluminum (Alq3) molecules and Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles via spin coating process. Light emission from thin films of low molecular weight organic semiconductor of Alq3 is dominated by excitons. This material has been widely used as a superior emitter for organic light emitting diodes. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an inorganic semiconductor with a high band gap. Photoluminescence (PL) of thin films of Alq3 showed a broad PL peak at 530 nm. In DBR structures, PL quenching is observed but there is no shift in the PL peak of the Alq3. The PL quenching is tentatively attributed to energy transfer via sensitization to wide band gap TiO2 layers. A simple excitonic model is suggested to explain the observation. Fabrication process and optical properties of the structure are presented.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 115901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fucheng Yu ◽  
Tianyun Song ◽  
Bolong Wang ◽  
Boyu Xu ◽  
Haishan Li ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1501-1505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Łukowiak ◽  
Rafal Dylewicz ◽  
Sergiusz Patela ◽  
Wieslaw Stręk ◽  
Krzysztof Maruszewski

2015 ◽  
Vol 1131 ◽  
pp. 237-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akkarat Wongkaew ◽  
Chanida Soontornkallapaki ◽  
Naritsara Amhae ◽  
Wichet Lamai

This work aims to study the effect of ZnO containing in TiO2/SiO2 film on the superhydrophilic property after exposed to different types of light. The metal solutions were prepared by sol-gel technique and the film was deposited on glass slides by dip coating method. The parameter studied was the amount of ZnO in the TiO2/SiO2 film. The contents of ZnO were 5-20% weight (increased by 5%). The amount of TiO2 was constant at 30% weight. The obtained films were analyzed for their roughness. The results indicated that film roughness changed according to the ZnO contents. With 5%ZnO in the thin film, the roughness was 0.726 nm while 20%ZnO obtained the roughness of 2.128 nm. UV-Vis spectrophotometer was used for measuring of transmittance of films. At wavelength of 550 nm, the transmittances of each film were greater than 90%. Band gap energy of each film was calculated from the transmittance data. It was found that the average band gap energy of the films was 2.47 eV. Then, the films contained various amount of ZnO were grouped into 2 sets. The first set was exposed to visible light while the other set was exposed to UV. The duration of exposure was 5 hr. Both sets of films after exposed to any light were kept in a black box controlled relative humidity of 85%. Each film was measured contact angle every day. It was found that the 30%TiO2/5%Zn/SiO2 film exposed to visible light showed the best superhydrophilic property. The contact angle was about 0-5° within 3 days. This may due to the reduction of band gap energy in the presence of ZnO in TiO2/SiO2 films to 2.41 eV and the roughness of the film.


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