Hydrothermal growth and controllable synthesis of flower-shaped TiO2 nanorods on FTO coated glass

In this study, the hydrothermal method is used for growing and characterization of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanorods on the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate at different hydrothermal reaction temperatures and constant reaction time. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of...

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Published in:Journal of sol-gel science and technology 2021-06, Vol.98 (3), p.487-496
Main Authors: Khizir, Hersh Ahmed, Abbas, Tariq Abdul-Hameed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arrays
Ceramics
Chemistry and Materials Science
colloids
Composites
etc.
fibers
Fluorine
Glass
Glass substrates
Hydrothermal reactions
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Science
Membranes
Morphology
Nanorods
Nanotechnology
Natural Materials
Optical and Electronic Materials
Optimization
Optoelectronics
Original Paper: Nano-structured materials (particles
Parallelepipeds
Reaction time
Synthesis
Temperature
Tin oxides
Titanium dioxide
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Summary:In this study, the hydrothermal method is used for growing and characterization of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanorods on the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate at different hydrothermal reaction temperatures and constant reaction time. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of hydrothermal growth temperatures and annealing temperature on the growth characteristics of the synthesized TiO 2 nanorods. Optimization of the hydrothermal growth temperature leads to a well-aligned vertical array of nano-parallelepiped flowerlike morphology of TiO 2 nanorods structure on FTO substrate. The morphologies, structures, sizes, and purity of the synthesized TiO 2 nanorods were characterized using field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and electron dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The average grains size and depth nanorods were also estimated. Experimental results indicated the stability of FTO used as a substrate for TiO 2 nanorods. The synthesized TiO 2 nanorods could be employed as a sensing membrane for sensing detection application. Highlights Titanium-dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanorods were grow on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrates via hydrothermal method at different growth temperatures. Optimization of the hydrothermal growth temperature leads to well-aligned vertical array of nano-parallelepiped flower-like morphology of TiO 2 nanorods structure on FTO substrate. The synthesized TiO 2 nanorods could be employed as a sensing membrane for optoelectronic sensing application.
ISSN:0928-0707
1573-4846
DOI:10.1007/s10971-021-05531-z