H. Kishimoto et al., PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF TITANIUM-OXIDE PREPARED BY LIQUID-PHASE DEPOSITION (LPD), Journal of materials chemistry (Print), 8(9), 1998, pp. 2019-2024
Titanium oxide powder and thin films were prepared from an (NH4)(2)TiF
6 aqueous solution upon addition of boric acid in a process denoted as
liquid phase deposition (LPD). In this process, titanium oxide powder
and films were formed by the chemical equilibrium reaction between ti
tanium fluoro-complex ions and metal oxide in the aqueous solution. Th
e prepared powder and deposited films showed some features which diffe
red from titanium oxide prepared from titanium alkoxide. The prepared
powder and the deposited films included anatase (TiO2) and showed phot
ocatalytic activity without prior calcination. The decomposition rate
of CH3CHO reached a maximum when the powder or films were calcined at
300 degrees C. The LPD process enabled a uniform layer of TiO2 film to
form homogeneously on the entire surface of glass wool. The prepared
TiO2 contained fluorine and nitrogen. The amount of these impurities w
as reduced upon calcination.