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Synthesis and morpho-structural properties of TiO2-based materials

V. PURCAR1,* , V. RĂDIŢOIU1, C.-A. NICOLAE1, A. N. FRONE1, A. RĂDIŢOIU1, F. M. RADULY1, R. ŞOMOGHI1, R. A. GABOR1, S. CĂPRĂRESCU2

Affiliation

  1. National Research and Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry - ICECHIM, Spl. Independentei 202, 6th District, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
  2. Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Department, 1-7 Polizu Str., 011061, Bucharest, Ro

Abstract

TiO2-based materials modified with methyltriethoxysilane (MTES) have been synthesized by sol-gel method and deposited onto glass substrates in order to obtain TiO2-SiO2 thin films. The effect of MTES on formation of TiO2-based materials was investigated by FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy, TGA analysis, TEM and contact angle. FT-IR spectra of obtained materials demonstrated that the silane reacts via a cross-link and covalently bond on the TiO2 surface. The high contact angle values were obtained for coatings coverage with materials modified with MTES and indicate that the functional Si-CH3 groups and TiO2 nanoparticle form a protective layer at the coating`s surface..

Keywords

Titanium dioxide, Silane precursor, Thin films, Surface modification.

Submitted at: Oct. 12, 2018
Accepted at: April 8, 2019

Citation

V. PURCAR, V. RĂDIŢOIU, C.-A. NICOLAE, A. N. FRONE, A. RĂDIŢOIU, F. M. RADULY, R. ŞOMOGHI, R. A. GABOR, S. CĂPRĂRESCU, Synthesis and morpho-structural properties of TiO2-based materials, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 21, Iss. 3-4, pp. 281-286 (2019)