Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Influence of Cu Dopants on Structure and Properties of Nanpsized TiO2 Particulate Film

JIANG Hong-Bo; GAO Lian; ZHANG Qing-Hong   

  1. State key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2001-07-13 Revised:2001-08-23 Published:2002-07-20 Online:2002-07-20

Abstract: Transparent TiO2 thin film and Cu-doped TiO2 thin film were prepared by the sol-gel method on the soda lime glass substrates. The change of hydrophilicity
of the films under UV illumination was investigated. The results of XRD, UV-VIS, XPS and AFM show that Cu ions are in the form of Cu2O. The addition of Cu ions
can suppress the grain growth of crystals in the TiO2 thin film. Pure TiO2 thin film can be entirely wetted by water after UV illumination for 5h and shows
good hydrophilicity. The hydrophilicity of TiO2 will decrease with increasing amount of Cu dopants.

Key words: sol-gel method, hydrophilicity, metal dopants, TiO2

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