In this paper, we present a method developed for soft electrochemical etching of fluorine-doped tin oxide-coated glass (FTO-coated glass) that consists of FTO treatment with alternating polarity current in a simple electrolyte. The developed method was found to alter morphology and hydrophilicity of FTO. In order to study the influence of soft electrochemical etching on FTO functionally as a substrate for electrochromic films, a Ni(OH)2-based electrochromic film was deposited onto treated FTO. It was discovered that films deposited onto etched substrate had significantly improved uniformity and higher coloration degree than films deposited on untreated FTO.
The molybdate intercalated layered double hydroxides can be potentially applied as catalysts for organic synthesis a nd oxidation. According to literature they are most commonly prepared using multi-stage methods such as anion-exchange and rehydration of calcinated LDH precursor. Aim of the work was to study a possibility of one-stage synthesis of molybdate-intercalated Ni-Ti LDH. To achieve the set-out aim, a sample of molybdate-intercalated Ni-Ti LDH has been prepared using one-step coprecipitation at high supersaturation at room temperature synthesis method: drop-wise introduction of nickel and titanium salts solution into solution of sodium hydroxide and ammonium heptamolybdate. The prepared sample was characterized by SEM, XRD, FTIR, TG-DTA and EDX. Hydrotalcite-like structure has been confirmed by results of XRD, FTIR and TG. The results of SEM have showed that sample morphology is constituted by spherical agglomerates. According to XRD results the prepared sample has rather low crystalinity. The results of TG-DTA showed that thermal decomposition of the sample occurs into two stages: 1) 90-180 o C accompanied by an endothermic event and associated with loss of adsorbed and interlayer water; 2) 280-340 o C accompanied by an endothermic event and associated with dehydroxilation brucite-like layered, transformation of LDH into LDO and, possibly, transformations in Ni-Ti-MoO system. Results of FTIR have confirmed successive intercalation of molybdate anion into interlayer space of Ni-Ti LDH. The results of FTIR also indicate presence of polymobdate forms. The results of EDX analysis showed molar ratio of Ni:Ti:Мо=1:0,19:0,22. The acquired results show the possibility of one-stage synthesis of molybdate intercalated Ni-Ti LDH.
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