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Preparation and Characterization of Super-Hydrophilic TiO2/SiO2 Composite Thin Films

YU Jia-Guo; ZHAO Xiu-Jian; LIN Li; HAN Jian-Jun; ZHAO Qing-Nan   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan 430070; China
  • Received:2000-07-06 Revised:2000-07-28 Published:2001-05-20 Online:2001-05-20

Abstract: The uniform transparent TiO2/SiO2 composite thin films were prepared via sol-gel processing on the soda lime glass substrates. The addition of SiO2 to TiO2 thin films can suppress the grain growth of TiO2 crystal in the TiO2 thin films, increase the hydroxyl content Of TiO2 film, low the contact angle for water of TiO2 films and enhance the hydrophilic property of TiO2 films. The super-hydrophilic TiO2/SiO2 composite films with the contact angle of 0° were obtained by the addition of 10mol%~20mol% SiO2.

Key words: TiO2/SiO2 composite thin films, super-hydrophilic property, preparation, characterization

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