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Instantaneous photoinitiated synthesis and rapid pulsed photothermal treatment of three-dimensional nanostructured TiO2 thin films through pulsed light irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2017

Sijun Luo ,
Song Zhang ,
Briley B. Bourgeois ,
Brian C. Riggs ,
Kurt A. Schroder ,
Yueheng Zhang ,
Jibao He ,
Shiva Adireddy ,
Kai Sun  and
Joshua T. Shipman
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Sijun Luo*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Song Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan430070, People’s Republic of China
Briley B. Bourgeois
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Brian C. Riggs*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Kurt A. Schroder
Affiliation:
NovaCentrix, Austin, Texas78728, USA
Yueheng Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Jibao He
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Shiva Adireddy
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Kai Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, USA
Joshua T. Shipman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Moses M. Oguntoye
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Venkata Puli
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
Wei Liu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan430070, People’s Republic of China
Rong Tu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan430070, People’s Republic of China
Lianmeng Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan430070, People’s Republic of China
Stan Farnsworth
Affiliation:
NovaCentrix, Austin, Texas78728, USA
Douglas B. Chrisey*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana70118, USA
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a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: sluo1@tulane.edu
b)e-mail: briggs1@tulane.edu
c)e-mail: dchrisey@tulane.edu
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Abstract

We report a novel approach to the instantaneous photoinitiated synthesis of mixed anatase-rutile nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films with a three-dimensional nanostructure through pulsed white light irradiation of photosensitive Ti-organic precursor films. Pulsed photoinitiated pyrolysis accompanied by instantaneous self-assembly and crystallization occurred to form graphitic oxides-coated TiO2 nanograins. Subsequent pulsed light irradiation working as in situ pulsed photothermal treatment improved the crystalline quality of TiO2 film despite its low attenuation of light. The non-radiative recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes in TiO2 nanograins, coupled with inefficient heat dissipation due to low thermal conductivity, produces enough heat to provide the thermodynamic driving force for improving the crystalline quality. The graphitic oxides were reduced by pulsed photothermal treatment and can be completely removed by oxygen plasma cleaning. This photoinitiated nanofabrication technology opens a promising way for the low-cost and high-throughput manufacturing of nanostructured metal oxides as well as TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films.

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nanostructurefilmoxide
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 9 , 15 May 2017 , pp. 1701 - 1709
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Contributing Editor: Edson Roberto Leite

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