Preparation and characterization of TiO2/carbon nanowall composite on a transparent substrate

Authors

  • Mattia Pierpaoli Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Università Politecnica delle Marche http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7508-1824
  • Aneta Lewkowicz Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Gdansk
  • Mateusz Ficek Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunication and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology
  • Maria Letizia Ruello Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Robert Bogdanowicz Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunication and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v10i2.825

Abstract

A transparent titanium dioxide and carbon nanowall composite (B-CNW/TiO2) material was fabricated by growing boron-doped carbon nanowalls (B-CNWs) on quartz glass with microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique, followed by sol-gel deposition using titanium isopropoxide as a TiO2 precursor. Different layer thicknesses were fabricated. Samples were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry and UV-VIS spectroscopy. Results shows how the B-CNW thickness affects the optical transmittance, bandgap and electrical conductivity.

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2018-06-30

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M. Pierpaoli, A. Lewkowicz, M. Ficek, M. L. Ruello, and R. Bogdanowicz, “Preparation and characterization of TiO2/carbon nanowall composite on a transparent substrate”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 54–56, Jun. 2018.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018)

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