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Silicon (111) and Silicon (100) have been employed for fabrication of TiO2 films by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Titanium (IV) isopropoxide (Ti[O(C3H7)4]) was used as a precursor. The as-deposited TiO2 films have been characterized with Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The photocatalytic properties were investigated by decomposition of aqueous orange II. The crystalline and structural properties of TiO2 film had crucial influences on the photodegradation efficiency. For MOCVDin-situ deposited films on Si substrates, the photoactivities varied following a shape of “M”: At lower (350°C) middle (500 °C) and higher (800 °C) temperature of deposition, relative lower photodegradation activities have been observed. At 400 °C and 700 °C of deposition, relative higher efficiencies of degradation have been obtained, because one predominant crystallite orientation could be obtained as deposition at those two temperatures, especially a single anatase crystalline TiO2 film could be obtained at 700 °C growth.
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Foundation item: Supported by the Foundation of National High-Tech R&D Plan (863 Plan) (2003AA331080)
Biography: Yang Jia-long (1964), male, Ph.D candidate, research direction: crystal structure.
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Jia-long, Y., Fu, W., Liang, Z. et al. Fabrication and photocatalytic characteristics of TiO2 films on silicon substrates. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 10, 581–586 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02831150
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