A fast and easy method for preparing the titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), using a caustic hydrothermal decomposition conditions followed with sulphate process using sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ), is presented. Synthetic rutile waste as a starting raw material going through these two simple processes then the effects of acid concentration and time of sulphate process were studied. The chemical composition of the product will be characterized using Electron Dispersive (EDX) and the micrographs were analyzed using a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM). This study shows that a titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) was successfully synthesized after treated with medium acid concentration, 1M to 3M and short treatment time, 3h to 5h sulphate process.
We demonstrate fabrication of bottom gate/top source-drain contacts for p-channel (small molecule) organic field-effect transistor (OFET) using pentacene as an active semiconductor layer and silicon dioxide (SiO2) as gate dielectric. The device exhibits a typical output curve of a field-effect transistor (FET). Furthermore, analysis of electrical characterization was done to investigate the source-drain voltage (Vds) dependent mobility. The mobility which calculated using MATLAB simulation exhibited a range from 0.0234 to 0.0258 cm2/Vs with increasing source-drain voltage (average mobility was 0.0254 cm2/Vs). This work suggests that the mobility increase with increasing source-drain voltage similar to the gate voltage dependent mobility phenomenon.
Titanium (TiO2) has been studied and proved to be the most ideal photocatalyst due to several aspects such as high photoactivity, thermal and chemical stability, relatively inexpensive and non-toxicity. As the problem statement, the photoactivity and optical stability are the crucial aspects to synthesize an ideal photocatalyst. These aspects can be improved through the synthesize method to enhance its nanocrystal crystallinity. The purpose of this research is to synthesize the high crystalline silver-titanium (AgTiO2) nanoparticles and study its photoactivity and optical properties. The Ag-TiO2 was synthesized through the modification of caustic hydrothermal method and molten salt doping process to dope the silver nitrate (AgNO3) as a dopant agent. The photoactivity performance of high grade TiO2 and high crystallinity Ag-TiO2 were examine via a Methylene Blue Degradation (MBD) testing under both visible light and UV light. The optical properties were measured through the Surface Area BET (SBET) and UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer (UV-Vis). The UV-Vis results show that the 0.01%-Ag-TiO2 sample has a lowest band gap with 2.6eV compared to the commercial TiO2 (P25) and other samples. The SBET analysation shows that, the biggest surface area was formed in 0.05%-Ag-TiO2 followed by 0.01%-Ag-TiO2, un-doped TiO2 and 0.03%-Ag-TiO2. For the MBD-testing, the high crystalline Ag-TiO2 was performed a better photoactivity compared to the high grade TiO2. The 0.05%-Ag-TiO2 has the best crystallinity and morphology growth compared to 0.01%-Ag-TiO2 and 0.03%-Ag-TiO2 doping samples. The results obtained proves that, the presence of silver dopants was successfully improved the nanocrystal crystallinity of Ag-TiO2 and influenced its photoactivity performance.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2025 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.