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Effect of zirconium incorporation on the stabilization of TiO 2 mesoporous structure
Author(s) -
Gnatyuk Yu.,
Smirnova N.,
Korduban O.,
Eremenko A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.3494
Subject(s) - mesoporous material , crystallite , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , zirconium , materials science , zirconium dioxide , nanocomposite , chemical engineering , solid solution , titanium dioxide , nanotechnology , chemistry , catalysis , metallurgy , organic chemistry , engineering
The effect of incorporating zirconium dioxide in TiO 2 mesoporous films was investigated. Improved stability of the mesoporous structure of the synthesized TiO 2 /ZrO 2 nanocomposites could be related to the suppression of titania crystallites growth and the formation of Ti 1− x Zr x O 2 solid solution, as was inferred by the results of optical properties, AFM, XRD and XPS investigations. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.