Anodic Electrophoretic Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Sol Gel Method

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Many researches on electrophoretic deposition of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) use commercial TiO2 nanoparticles from Degussa. TiO2 from Degussa is not use in this research because in order to make the TiO2 nanoparticle electronically charged and move under an applied constant voltage, a small amount of iodine and acetylacetone needs to be added to the suspension. It is suggested that the H+ ions generated by the reaction is absorbed on the suspended particles making them positively charged. For anodic EPD, negatively charged nanoparticles are required. In this research TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared by adding 1 ml of titanium isopropoxide dilute with 1 ml ethanol to 10 ml DI water and stirrer under 0°C for 4 hr. As prepared TiO2 nanoparticle were centrifuged at 5500 rpm for 10 min to isolate the particles from the solution. Then the TiO2 nanoparticles were resuspended in ethanol or water. TiO2 nanoparticle with particle diameter of 4.66 nm and anatase phase were produced. Important electrophoretic deposition process parameters, such as apparent pH of the TiO2 NPs, applied voltage, deposition time and solid loading, were studied during electrophoretic deposition of TiO2 nanoparticles.

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