Title: Deposition and characterisation of titanium dioxide films formed by electrophoretic deposition

Authors: Monishka Rita Narayan; Atul Raturi

Addresses: Division of Physics, School of Engineering and Physics, University of the South Pacific, Private Mail Bag, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji Islands. ' Division of Physics, School of Engineering and Physics, University of the South Pacific, Private Mail Bag, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji Islands

Abstract: Nanocrystalline titanium dioxide (TiO₂) films were deposited on glass substrates by electrophoretic deposition (EPD). Films were grown using the constant current and constant voltage methods and key EPD parameters were investigated. Anatase TiO₂ powder, dissolved in deionised water with iodine and acetylacetone as dispersing agents was the colloidal suspension utilised. TiO₂ particle concentration of 1 gl¹ and films annealed at 100

Keywords: nanocrystalline titanium dioxide; TiO2 films; electrophoretic deposition; EPD; dye sensitised solar cells; nanotechnology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2012.044447

International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, 2012 Vol.3 No.1, pp.17 - 31

Received: 01 Jul 2010
Accepted: 06 Nov 2010
Published online: 23 Aug 2014 *

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