Issue 1, 2003

Nanocrystallised titania and zirconia mesoporous thin films exhibiting enhanced thermal stability

Abstract

Tuned chemical conditions complemented with a set of treatments have been developed to enhance the thermal stability of transition metal oxide mesoporous thin films (up to 500 °C for TiO2 and 450 °C for ZrO2), allowing the formation of crack-free coatings presenting excellent optical quality (transmittance higher than 85% in the visible region), tailored thickness (from 50 to 700 nm), a highly organised cubic (Im3m space group for TiO2) or 2D-hexagonal (P6m space group for ZrO2) mesostructure, high surface area (140–200 m2 g−1), controlled and narrowly distributed mesopore size (25–80 Å), and a nanocrystalline inorganic framework (anatase or tetragonal zirconia).

Graphical abstract: Nanocrystallised titania and zirconia mesoporous thin films exhibiting enhanced thermal stability

Article information

Article type
Letter
Submitted
04 Jun 2002
Accepted
09 Sep 2002
First published
18 Oct 2002

New J. Chem., 2003,27, 9-13

Nanocrystallised titania and zirconia mesoporous thin films exhibiting enhanced thermal stability

E. L. Crepaldi, G. J. D. A. A. Soler-Illia, D. Grosso and C. Sanchez, New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 9 DOI: 10.1039/B205497N

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