Asit ve Baz Kataliz Sol-Jel Daldırmalı Kaplama Tekniği ile Üretilen SiO2 Kaplamaların İncelenmesi

Abstract

Present study deals with the effect of acid and base catalysis on SiO2 coating properties that were synthesized by sol-gel dip coating technique. Microstructural properties of the coatings were characterized by SEM and EDS was used to determine the coating composition. Spectrophotometer has been used to measure the optical properties of the coatings. The results demonstrated that SiO2 coatings deposited by both acid and base catalysis sol-gel dip coating technique were homogeneous and well-adherent. Acid catalyzed SiO2 coatings resulted with dense and smooth surface morphologies whereas base catalyzed SiO2 coatings had nanoporous structure with nanovoids ranging between 15-30 nm. According to the optical analyses, SiO2 coatings have very high transmittance values demonstrating that they are highly transparent especially in the visible light range.