Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Source : Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Springer, Volume 28, Number 4, p.3500–3508 (2017)
Url : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-016-5949-4
Keywords : Dopant Concentration, Energy dispersive spectroscopy, High resolution transmission electron microscopy, TiO2
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Engineering
Department : Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical
Verified : Yes
Year : 2017
Abstract : Na doped TiO2 nanorod structures have been prepared by one-step hydrothermal method. Structural analysis of undoped and doped TiO2 nanorod samples revealed the formation of single rutile phase structure. XRD plots confirms the effective substitution of Ti4+ with Na+ in the samples by exhibiting a slight shift towards the lower angle in the 2θ value of the diffraction peaks compared to undoped TiO2 sample. The distribution of sodium in TiO2 lattice is confirmed by morphological and EDS analysis. FESEM images of doped samples revealed the formation of structures in the form of nanorods for 2 and 4% of dopant and then to nanoflowers on increasing the amount of dopant to 6%. TEM analysis revealed the formation of nanorods with a diameter about 250 nm. Each nanorod was found to be formed of individual thin nanorods with approx diameter of 25 nm. The presence of sodium (atomic% = 7.60) in the nanorods was also substantiated by EDS studies. From optical studies, with increase in dopant concentration, the absorption edge is seen to be shifted towards the longer wavelength and bandgap tends to show red shift with values varying from 3.0 to 2.74 eV.
Cite this Research Publication : S. Shalini, Prabavathy, N., Balasundaraprabhu, R., T. Satish Kumar, Walke, P., Prasanna, S., and Velayuthapillai, D., “Effect of Na doping on structure, morphology and properties of hydrothermally grown one dimensional TiO 2 nanorod structures”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 28, pp. 3500–3508, 2017.