Thin titanium dioxide films were deposited by pulsed KrF excimer laser ablation deposition system using a titanium oxide target. The effects of substrate temperature and oxygen partial pressure on the phase formations of various microstructures were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman scattering spectroscopy, and UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The film structures range from amorphous to mixed phase of anatase and rutile to pure anatase. Increasing the substrate temperature improves the quality of anatase phase of crystalline films. The oxygen pressure in the range between 15 and 60 mTorr shows a single anatase phase in films while the rutile and anatase mixed phases were observed elsewhere. The band gap of films varied from 2.72 to 3.27 eV with increasing oxygen partial pressure while the film structures changed from rutile phase to anatase phase. The surface area of films increased as oxygen partial pressure in film deposition. The photocatalytic performance evaluated by degradation of methylene blue in UV light was distinguishable in the films with high anatase phase and surface area.
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July 2008
54th International AVS Symposium
14-19 October 2007
Seattle, Washington (USA)
Research Article|
July 01 2008
Preparation of thin films by laser ablation for photocatalytic applications
S. J. Wang;
S. J. Wang
Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering,
National Taipei University of Technology
, Taipei, Taiwan 10608, Republic of China
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W.-T. Chang;
W.-T. Chang
Institute of Opto-Electronic Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Dong Hwa University
, Hualien, Taiwan 97401, Republic of China
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J.-Y. Ciou;
J.-Y. Ciou
Institute of Opto-Electronic Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Dong Hwa University
, Hualien, Taiwan 97401, Republic of China
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M.-K. Wei;
M.-K. Wei
a)
Institute of Opto-Electronic Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Dong Hwa University
, Hualien, Taiwan 97401, Republic of China
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M. S. Wong
M. S. Wong
Institute of Opto-Electronic Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Dong Hwa University
, Hualien, Taiwan 97401, Republic of China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; electronic mail: mkwei@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 26, 898–902 (2008)
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Received:
October 12 2007
Accepted:
January 22 2008
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S. J. Wang, W.-T. Chang, J.-Y. Ciou, M.-K. Wei, M. S. Wong; Preparation of thin films by laser ablation for photocatalytic applications. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 July 2008; 26 (4): 898–902. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2870228
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