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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 20, Issue 9, Pages 3085-3091Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm703398b
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Pure anatase TiO2 submicrotubes were successfully fabricated by a template-directed method. Electrospun poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) fibers were used as a soft template for coating with titanium dioxide using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. The deposition was conducted onto a template at 70 degrees C by using titanium tetraisopropyl oxide (TIP) [Ti((OPr)-Pr-i)(4)] and pure water as precursors of TiO2. Crystalline structure, microstructure, and optical properties of the TiO2 deposited layers before and after calcination were studied in detail. While the as-deposited TiO2 layers onto ES fibers were completely amorphous with thickness of about 60 nm, the TiO2 layers after calcination at 500 degrees C for 4 h were properly converted into polycrystalline nanostructured TiO2 submicrotubes with high quality of anatase. Thereby, the optical band gap energy was also tuned with a blue shift. As final products the self-supported free-standing mats consisting of pure anatase TiO2 submicrotubes can be easily handled and reclaimed for use in future applications related to catalysis, electronics, photonics, sensing, medicine, and controlled drug release.
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