Photocatalytic Activities of Amorphous TiO_2-Cr Thin Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering
Photocatalytic Activities of Amorphous TiO_2-Cr Thin Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering作者机构:College of Materials Science and Engineering Chongqing University
出 版 物:《Journal of Wuhan University of Technology(Materials Science)》 (武汉理工大学学报(材料科学英文版))
年 卷 期:2008年第23卷第5期
页 面:610-616页
核心收录:
学科分类:07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程(可授工学、理学学位)] 0702[理学-物理学]
主 题:amorphous TiO2 magnetron sputtering TiO2-Cr thin films photocatalysis threshold
摘 要:Chrome-doped titanium oxide films were prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering method. The films deposited on glass slides at room temperature were investigated by atom force microscope, X-ray diffractometer, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, the photoluminescence (PL) and ellipse polarization apparatus. The results indicate that TiO2-Cr film exists in the form of amorphous. The prepared films possess a band gap of less than 3.20 eV, and a new absorption peak. The films, irradiated for 5 h under UV light, exhibit excellent photocatalytic activities with the optimum decomposition rate at 98.5% for methylene blue. Consequently, the thickness threshold on these films is 114 nm, at which the rate of photodegradation is 95% in 5 h. When the thickness is over 114 nm, the rate of photodegradation becomes stable. This result is completely different from that of crystalloid TiO2 thin film.