Titania and tungsten doped titania thin films on glass: active photocatalysts

A. Rampaul; I.P. Parkin; S.A. O'Neill; J. DeSouza; A. Mills; N. Elliott

doi:10.1016/S0277-5387(02)01333-5

Titania and tungsten doped titania thin films on glass: active photocatalysts

A. Rampaul, I.P. Parkin, S.A. O'Neill, J. DeSouza, A. Mills, N. Elliott

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Acidification of an isopropanol solution containing mixtures of [Ti(OPri)(4)] and [W(OEt)(5)] produced solutions from which various TiO2, WO3 and TiO2/WO3 thin films could be obtained by dip coating and annealing. The films were analysed by X-ray diffraction, SEM/EDAX, Raman, electronic spectra, contact angle and photoactivity with respect to destruction of an over layer of stearic acid. The TiO2/WO3 films were shown to be mixtures of two phases TiO2 and WO3 rather than a solid solution TixWyO2. The 2% tungsten oxide doped titania films were shown to be the most effective photocatalysts. All of the TiO2 and TiO2/WO3 films showed light induced superhydrophillicity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-44
Number of pages	9
Journal	Polyhedron
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5387(02)01333-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003

Keywords

titania
photocatalyst
electronic spectra
stearic acid

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