Effect of annealing temperature on the photocatalytic activity of sol-gel derived Ti O2 thin films

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 678-682

  Biswas, S ^a   Majumder, Arpi ^a   Hossain, M F ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Kubota, Y ^b   Fujishima, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLADDING (COATING); COLLOIDS; DEPOSITS; FATTY ACIDS; FIELD EMISSION; FILM PREPARATION; FILM THICKNESS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GELATION; GELS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; METHANOL; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLIDS; SOLS; STEEL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; WASTEWATER;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; (PL) PROPERTIES; ANNEALING TEMPERATURE (TA); AS-DEPOSITED; ATOMIC FORCE (AF); CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; DECOMPOSITION EFFICIENCY; DIP COATINGS; FIELD-EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (FE-SEM); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER (FT IR); GLASS SUBSTRATES; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY (PA); PHOTOCATALYZED; POROUS STRUCTURES; SOL - GEL; SOL GEL DIP COATING (SGDP); SOL GEL PREPARATIONS; TI O2 FILMS; UV-VISIBLE;

ANNEALING;

EID: 46449103733     PISSN: 07342101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.2889416     Document Type: Article

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