期刊
SN APPLIED SCIENCES
卷 1, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-019-0978-2
关键词
Titanium dioxide; Nanorods; Growth mechanism; Hydrothermal method; Density function theory; Field emission
资金
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/S001395/1]
- EPSRC [EP/S001395/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a versatile and inexpensive material for extended applicability in several scientific and technological fields including photo-catalysis for industrial waste treatment, energy harvesting, and hydrogen production. In this work, we report the synthesis of TiO2 thin film using hydrothermal method and investigations on the influence of reaction time and annealing temperature on growth mechanism of the TiO2 nanorods. The synthesized TiO2 films were studied by using UV-visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The XRD and Raman measurements revealed the formation of defect free and pure tetragonal TiO2 rutile phase. The TiO2 thin films show absorption band edge at around 420 nm in the UV-visible spectrum and exhibit direct band gap value of 2.9 eV. The TiO2 nanorods are demonstrated to grow randomly on the FTO substrate with changing reaction times but grow uniformly in a flower-like pattern with increasing annealing temperature. Investigation of the field emission properties of TiO2 thin films (tested as field-emitter array) estimates the turn-on and threshold field at 4.06 and 7.06 V/mu m at 10 and 100 mu A/cm(2), respectively. [GRAPHICS] .
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