Synthesis by sol-gel method and characterization of nano-TiO2 powders

Titanium oxide (TiO2) currently has a potential applications as the photocatalyst, electrodes in lithium batteries, dye solar cells (DSSC) and biosensors. In this article, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanopowders crys-tallized in the anatase phase at a crystal size of 49.3 nm, were successfully synthesized using the precur-sor of titanium tetraiso-propoxide (TTIP) by the sol-gel method. The powders obtained were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in the wavenumber range 4000-400 cm-1 , X-ray diffrac-tion using radiation CuKa (k = 1.5406 A)(DRX) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry(EDX).Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 4thInternational Confer-ence on Advanced Materials for Photonics, Sensing and Energy Conversion Energy Applications.

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In this study, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanopowders with a crystal size of 49.3 nm in the anatase phase were successfully synthesized using the sol-gel method and titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) as the precursor. The obtained powders were analyzed using FTIR, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX).