Journal of Advanced Materials and Technologies

Journal of Advanced Materials and Technologies

The Effect of Time and TiCl4 Salt Concentration on the Nano TiO2/Carbon Composite Microspheres Morphology Synthesized by Solvothermal Method

Authors
Alireza Khatibi 1
Reza Ebrahimi Kahrizsangi 1
Majid Ghashang 2
1 Department of material engineering, Najaf abad branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Chemistry, Najafabad branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran
10.30501/jamt.2635.70263
Abstract
The one-step synthesis of TiO2/C microspheres via solvo-thermal method were reported using titanium tetrachloride and glucose as the precursors of titanium dioxide and carbon respectively in ethanol as solvent. The morphology and the size of microspheres affected from the time and TiCl4 salt concentration parameters were studied and the optimum conditions for the preparation of them were determined. The phase analysis, microstructure investigation and the morphology of the samples were investigated using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) methods. At the XRD spectra only the peaks related to the anatase phase of TiO2 are appeared which demonstrated to this fact that carbon at the structure of this composite is amorphous. According to the results of SEM images the diameter of the as synthesized micro-spheres was determined between 1-3 μm. The crystallite size of TiO2 particles was 28 nm measured via the modified Scherrer's formula. The morphology investigation of TiO2/C microspheres showed that, TiO2 nanoparticles are homogenously dispersed in the carbon matrix.
Keywords
Microsphere
Solvothermal
TiCl4
Composite
TiO2
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Journal of Advanced Materials and Technologies
Volume 3, Issue 2
Summer 2014
Pages 63-70

  • Receive Date 05 May 2014
  • Revise Date 18 June 2014
  • Accept Date 19 June 2014