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Title: Enhancement on photocatalytic activity of an amorphous titanium oxide film with nano-textured surface by selective-fluorination etching process

Abstract

Highlights: • The amorphous TiO{sub x} film surface was modified via selective fluorination etching process. • The resulting nano-textured surface markedly enriched the specific surface area and surface acidity. • The photocatalytic activity was comparable to an annealed TiO{sub x} film with anatase structure. - Abstract: A selective-fluorination etching process achieved by an UV light pre-irradiation and the subsequently fluorination etching was developed to enhance the photocatalytic activity of a low-temperature deposited amorphous titanium oxide (a-TiO{sub x}) film. Textured surface on the a-TiO{sub x} films formed by this process were investigated using atomic force microscope and field emission scanning electron microscope. Evidence of the fluorine ions introduced into the a-TiO{sub x} films was examined using Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The etching thickness of the a-TiO{sub x} film was found to be deeply relevant to the film pre-irradiated by the UV light. An a-TiO{sub x} film with nano-textured surface, which was favorable to enlarge the specific surface area, thus was obtainable from the notable etching selectivity of the film pre-irradiated by UV light through a nano-sized mask. In addition, the surface acidity of the a-TiO{sub x} film was enhanced by the formation of the Ti-F chemical bondsmore » originating from the fluorination etching process, which also was functional to facilitate the production of surface OH free radicals. Accordingly, the resulting fluorinated a-TiO{sub x} film with nano-textured surface performed a quality photocatalytic activity comparable to that of the high-temperature achieved TiO{sub x} film with anatase structures.« less

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. Institute of Electro-Optical and Materials Science, National Formosa University, Huwei, Yunlin 63201, Taiwan, ROC (China)
  2. ITRI South, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Liujia, Tainan 73445, Taiwan, ROC (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22345273
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Materials Research Bulletin
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 52; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITS; ETCHING; FIELD EMISSION; FILMS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE IONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IRRADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTURE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY

Citation Formats

Shih, Pin-Chun, Huang, Cheng-Hao, Chen, Tai-Hong, Lai, Li-Wen, Lu, Yi-Shan, and Liu, Day-Shan. Enhancement on photocatalytic activity of an amorphous titanium oxide film with nano-textured surface by selective-fluorination etching process. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.01.023.
Shih, Pin-Chun, Huang, Cheng-Hao, Chen, Tai-Hong, Lai, Li-Wen, Lu, Yi-Shan, & Liu, Day-Shan. Enhancement on photocatalytic activity of an amorphous titanium oxide film with nano-textured surface by selective-fluorination etching process. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.01.023
Shih, Pin-Chun, Huang, Cheng-Hao, Chen, Tai-Hong, Lai, Li-Wen, Lu, Yi-Shan, and Liu, Day-Shan. 2014. "Enhancement on photocatalytic activity of an amorphous titanium oxide film with nano-textured surface by selective-fluorination etching process". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.01.023.
@article{osti_22345273,
title = {Enhancement on photocatalytic activity of an amorphous titanium oxide film with nano-textured surface by selective-fluorination etching process},
author = {Shih, Pin-Chun and Huang, Cheng-Hao and Chen, Tai-Hong and Lai, Li-Wen and Lu, Yi-Shan and Liu, Day-Shan},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • The amorphous TiO{sub x} film surface was modified via selective fluorination etching process. • The resulting nano-textured surface markedly enriched the specific surface area and surface acidity. • The photocatalytic activity was comparable to an annealed TiO{sub x} film with anatase structure. - Abstract: A selective-fluorination etching process achieved by an UV light pre-irradiation and the subsequently fluorination etching was developed to enhance the photocatalytic activity of a low-temperature deposited amorphous titanium oxide (a-TiO{sub x}) film. Textured surface on the a-TiO{sub x} films formed by this process were investigated using atomic force microscope and field emission scanning electron microscope. Evidence of the fluorine ions introduced into the a-TiO{sub x} films was examined using Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The etching thickness of the a-TiO{sub x} film was found to be deeply relevant to the film pre-irradiated by the UV light. An a-TiO{sub x} film with nano-textured surface, which was favorable to enlarge the specific surface area, thus was obtainable from the notable etching selectivity of the film pre-irradiated by UV light through a nano-sized mask. In addition, the surface acidity of the a-TiO{sub x} film was enhanced by the formation of the Ti-F chemical bonds originating from the fluorination etching process, which also was functional to facilitate the production of surface OH free radicals. Accordingly, the resulting fluorinated a-TiO{sub x} film with nano-textured surface performed a quality photocatalytic activity comparable to that of the high-temperature achieved TiO{sub x} film with anatase structures.},
doi = {10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.01.023},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22345273}, journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
issn = {0025-5408},
number = ,
volume = 52,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}