TY - JOUR
T1 - Commercial and laboratory prepared titanium dioxide thin films for self-cleaning glasses
T2 - Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on Caotings on Glass (ICCG5)
AU - Mellott, N. P.
AU - Durucan, C.
AU - Pantano, C. G.
AU - Guglielmi, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support for this study was provided by the National Science Foundation (U.S.A) Grant No. #NSF-INT-0301432 (to NPM). The authors would also like to thank The Materials Characterization Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University for XPS analyses.
PY - 2006/4/28
Y1 - 2006/4/28
N2 - A TiO2-based photocatalytic film on glass for self-cleaning purposes was prepared via sol-gel. This film exhibits similar physical and chemical properties, including; (1) surface composition and chemistry, (2) crystal phase and size, (3) UV transmission, and (4) surface roughness/morphology, as commercially available (CVD-based) films. In addition the sol-gel derived, laboratory films deposited on glass exhibits comparable, or in some cases better photocatalytic performance than the commercially available films on glass. Photocatalytic performance of the commercial and laboratory prepared films are determined and are discussed in context of their material properties/characteristics. Furthermore films are reacted in model solutions (neutral, acidic, and basic) which in turn not only cause changes in the surface composition and roughness of the films, but also cause an increase in the photocatalytic performance.
AB - A TiO2-based photocatalytic film on glass for self-cleaning purposes was prepared via sol-gel. This film exhibits similar physical and chemical properties, including; (1) surface composition and chemistry, (2) crystal phase and size, (3) UV transmission, and (4) surface roughness/morphology, as commercially available (CVD-based) films. In addition the sol-gel derived, laboratory films deposited on glass exhibits comparable, or in some cases better photocatalytic performance than the commercially available films on glass. Photocatalytic performance of the commercial and laboratory prepared films are determined and are discussed in context of their material properties/characteristics. Furthermore films are reacted in model solutions (neutral, acidic, and basic) which in turn not only cause changes in the surface composition and roughness of the films, but also cause an increase in the photocatalytic performance.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.255
DO - 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.255
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:33344466676
SN - 0040-6090
VL - 502
SP - 112
EP - 120
JO - Thin Solid Films
JF - Thin Solid Films
IS - 1-2
Y2 - 4 July 2004 through 8 July 2004
ER -