Preparation and Characterizations Cotton Coated Titanium Dioxide, TiO₂

Abstract:

Cotton coated titanium dioxide, TiO₂ was prepared by using immersion method. Three samples with different concentration which are 0.2 M, 0.5 M and 0.6 M of TiO₂ solution with fixed value of temperature and time immersion has been used in this project. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Ultraviolet/Visible (UV-Vis) Spectrophotometer have been used to determine the properties of samples. The surface morphology of the cotton, crystalline phase of TiO₂ particles deposited on the cotton fiber and the amount of the TiO₂ particles dispersed in the water has been investigated. The existence of TiO₂ on the cotton fiber was identified by using SEM and XRD where the immersion method that has been used in this project contributed to the agglomerated TiO₂ particles on the surface of cotton fiber. None of the samples showed the formation of anatase crystalline phase of TiO₂ particle and UV-Vis showed the released of TiO₂ in the water was higher in the first immersion and decreased exponentially for the second, third and fourth immersion.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 832)
• Pages: 739-743
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.832.739
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: S.K.M. Maarof, Wahab Suhaida, M.F. Achoi, Mohamad Rusop, Saifollah Abdullah
• Keywords: Immersion Method, Molar Concentration, SEM, Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂), UV-VIS

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