Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of TiO2 powder

Year 2017, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 38 - 40, 12.12.2017

Omer Kaygili , Niyazi Bulut , Cengiz Tatar Tankut Ates , Turan İnce

Abstract

In the present study, TiO₂
powder having the tetragonal crystal without any impurity was easily
synthesized by sol-gel method, and its characterization was done by X-ray
diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive
X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy. The crystallinity degree was found to be of 89.0%. A
flaky morphology was observed.

Keywords

Sol-gel synthesis, TiO2, X-ray diffraction (XRD)

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