2009
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PublicationConference Paper On the synthesis and characterizations of TiO 2 nanotubes(2009) P.K. Dubey; P.R. Mishra; A.S.K. Sinha; O.N. SrivastavaIn the present work, aligned TiO 2 nanotubes have been synthesized by a simple method of electrochemical anodization of high purity, well cleaned, etched and ultrasonicated Ti-sheet (Purity ∼99.99%) in a fluoride mediated electrolytic media consisting of a solution of 0.14 M NaF and a solution of 0.5 M/1.0 M H 3PO 4. Studies on the effects of anodization voltage, time and electrolyte concentration on the formation of TiO 2 nanotubes have been carried out. The TiO 2 nanotube arrays have been synthesized at applied anodization voltages of ∼10 V and ∼20 V. The anodization was carried out for 1 hour and 2 hours at each applied voltage. Structural/microstructural characterizations of TiO 2 nanotubes have been carried out through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). SEM images of TiO 2 nanotubes showed interesting features relating to morphology, the pore size (diameter of the tubes) and the lengths of the tube. TEM investigations revealed that the as synthesized nanotubes are amorphous in nature and on electron beam annealing, these transformed to crystalline phases (rutile and brookite). The optical characterizations through UV-Visible spectroscopy exhibited that the band gap are ∼3.03 eV and ∼2.87 eV for tubes synthesized at applied anodization voltages of ∼10 V and ∼20 V respectively. A tentative mechanism for the growth of TiO 2 nanotube has been put forward. Copyright © 2009 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.