Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Crystallization and Structural Transformation of TiO2/SiO2 Composite Thin Films

ZHAI Ji-Wei; ZHANG Liang-Ying; YAO Xi   

  1. Electronic Materials Research Laborotory; Xi an Jiaotong University Xi an 710049 China
  • Received:1997-05-05 Revised:1997-06-16 Published:1998-06-20 Online:1998-06-20

Abstract: The crystallization behavior and structural transformation of Sol-Gel TiO2/SiO2 thin films varing with composition, temperature, time were studied. With the increase of TiO2 concentration,
the temperature of TiO2 crystallization and the rate of structural transformation from anatase to rutile were decreased. The temperature of SiO2 crystallization and the grain size of anatase
crystallites decreased and increased with the increase of TiO2 concentration respectively, and the later one increased with annealing temperature as will. The grain size of TiO2 crystallites was varied linearly
with the root square of annealing time. The difference of the rate of structural transformation from anatase to rutile depends on mainly the stress in the films.

Key words: Sol-Gel, composition film, crystallization, phase transformation

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