Synthesis of Raspberry-Like SiO2鈥揟iO2 Nanoparticles toward Antireflective and Self-Cleaning Coatings

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• 作者：Xiaoyu Li ; Junhui He
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：June 12, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：5
• 期：11
• 页码：5282-5290
• 全文大小：534K
• 年卷期：v.5,no.11(June 12, 2013)
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Silica鈥搕itania core鈥搒hell nanoparticles of 30, 40, 50, 55, 75, and 110 nm were prepared from tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and tetraisopropyl titanate (TIPT). After calcination, the amorphous titania shell transformed into anatase nanoparticles, and the silica鈥搕itania core鈥搒hell nanoparticles became raspberry-like nanoparticles. These nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and UV鈥搗is spectroscopy. Hierarchically structured antireflective and self-cleaning particulate coatings were fabricated on glass substrates via layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly using silica鈥搕itania core鈥搒hell nanoparticles and silica nanoparticles as building blocks followed by calcination. The maximum transmittance of coated glass substrates reached as high as ca. 97%, while that of the glass substrates is only ca. 91%. The morphologies of the coatings were observed by SEM and atom force microscopy (AFM). Such hierarchically structured raspberry-like SiO₂鈥揟iO₂ nanoparticle coatings had superhydrophilic and antifogging properties. The coatings also showed photocatalytic activity toward organic pollutants and thus a self-cleaning property.

Keywords:

raspberry-like silica-tiania nanoparticle; LbL self-assembly; superhydrophilic; antifogging; photodegradation; self-cleaning