Formation of anatase TiO2 by microwave processing

Investigation into the effects of deposition parameters on TiO2 photocatalyst thin films by rf magnetron sputtering

“…Those applications should be quite attractive [5,6]. Several methods such as sol-gel [7], pulsed laser deposition (PLD) [8], chemical vapor deposition (CVD) [9], microwave processing [10], and sputtering [11,12] are available for the fabrication of TiO 2 thin films. Magnetron sputtering processes have favorable features such as lower process temperature, good film adhesion, good uniformity of thickness distribution, the film properties can be easily modified by doping [13].…”

X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Residual Stress in Thin Polycrystalline Anatase Films and Elastic Anisotropy of Anatase

“…They can be calculated from the model using Eqs. [4], [A1], [6], and [8] through [10] from values of C ij constants, the stress-free lattice parameters a and c, the residual stress value r, and the Reuss-Voigt weighting factor w. The sum of weighted squares (Eq. [12]) of measured and calculated data differences (Eq.…”

“…It is a unique material that connects two distinct photo-induced phenomena, photocatalytic activity [1,2] and photo-induced superhydrophilicity, [3][4][5] after UV light illumination. Therefore, this material offers various applications: (a) in the photocatalytic decomposition of environmentally unfriendly compounds, [5,6] (b) as an antibacterial and self-cleaning material, [7,8] (c) as an antifogging coating, [9] (d) in solar cells, [10] or (e) possibly in clean hydrogen generation from water and sunlight. [11] Perspective enhancements of the photoinduced properties of TiO 2 based materials in the visible light spectra have also been demonstrated in the literature (for example, in References 12 and 13).…”

Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 thin films for DSSC prototype

“…It gives highly crystalline smaller size of particle, as compared to hydrothermal methods [20]. Widely explored methods of Titania synthesis are solvothermal method [21][22][23][24], precipitation method [25][26][27], solgel method [28][29][30],microwave method [31][32][33] and spray pyrolysis [34][35][36][37].The shape of the nanostructures play an important role in determining the efficiency of solar cells.…”