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Growth behavior of titanium dioxide thin films at different precursor temperatures.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Nam, Sang-Hun Cho, Sang-Jin Boo, Jin-Hyo |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | The hydrophilic TiO2 films were successfully deposited on slide glass substrates using titanium tetraisopropoxide as a single precursor without carriers or bubbling gases by a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition method. The TiO2 films were employed by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, UV-Visible [UV-Vis] spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, contact angle measurement, and atomic force microscopy. The temperature of the substrate was 500°C, and the temperatures of the precursor were kept at 75°C (sample A) and 60°C (sample B) during the TiO2 film growth. The TiO2 films were characterized by contact angle measurement and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Sample B has a very low contact angle of almost zero due to a superhydrophilic TiO2 surface, and transmittance is 76.85% at the range of 400 to 700 nm, so this condition is very optimal for hydrophilic TiO2 film deposition. However, when the temperature of the precursor is lower than 50°C or higher than 75°C, TiO2 could not be deposited on the substrate and a cloudy TiO2 film was formed due to the increase of surface roughness, respectively. |
| ISSN | 19317573 |
| Journal | Nanoscale Research Letters |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC3296554 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 22280933 |
| e-ISSN | 1556276X |
| DOI | 10.1186/1556-276x-7-89 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publisher Date | 2012-01-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright ©2012 Nam et al; licensee Springer. |
| Subject Keyword | TiO2 superhydrophilic precursor temperature anatase phase growth behavior |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Materials Science |