TiO2 thin films were deposited on quartz substrates by DC reactive magnetron sputtering of a pure Ti target in Ar/O2 plasma at room temperature. The TiO2 films were annealed at different temperatures ranging from 300 to 800 °C in a tube furnace under flowing oxygen gas for half an hour each. The effect of annealing temperatures on the structure, optical properties, and morphologies were presented and discussed by using X-ray diffraction, optical absorption spectrum, and atomic force microscope. The films show the presence of diffraction peaks from the (101), (004), (200) and (105) lattice planes of the anatase TiO2 lattice. The direct band gap of the annealed films decreases with the increase of annealing temperature. While, the roughness of the films increases with the increases of annealing temperature, and some significant roughness changes of the TiO2 film surfaces were observed after the annealing temperature reached 800 °C. Moreover, the influences of annealing on the microstructures of the TiO2 film were investigated also by in situ observation in transmission electron microscope.
Copper indium disulfide(CuInS2) nano-particles were synthesized by solvothermal method at 150 ℃ using copper(?) chloride,indium(Ш) chloride,thiourea and ethanol as raw materials,and characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),field-emission scanning electron microscope(FESEM),and UV-Vis spectra.The effects of pH value on its micro-structures and optical properties were investigated.The results show that,with the pH value increasing,the particle size of the nano-crystalline CuInS2 increases,and its band gap becomes narrower under alkaline condition.The band gaps of CuInS2 nano-particles are from 1.52 eV to 1.93 eV,which makes them promising candidates as absorber materials for photovoltaic applications.
Cross-linked polystyrene/glass fiber composites were fabricated using cross-linked polystyrene (CLPS) as matrix and E-glass fiber as the reinforcement. Surfaces of E-glass fibers were modified by vinyl triethoxysilane (VTES), vinyl trimethoxysilane (VTMS) and γ-methacryloylpropyl trimethoxysilane (MPS). The treated glass fibers were analyzed by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) were employed to investigate the effect of glass fibers surface modification on viscoelastic behavior and thermal properties. The morphology of fracture surfaces of various composites was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results revealed that these coupling agents were connected to the surfaces of the fibers by chemical bonding. Dynamic mechanical properties as well as thermal stability of the composites were improved considerablely, but to varying degrees depending on the fiber modification. The diversities of improvement of properties were attributed to the different interfacial adhesion between CLPS matrix and the glass fibers.
A lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte, L2O-Al2O3-TiO2-SiO2-P2O5 glass with NASICON-type structure have been synthesized and transformed into glass-ceramic through thermal-treatment at various temperatures from 700 to 1 000 ℃ for 12 h. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and complex impedance techniques were employed to characterize the samples. The experimental results indicated that the capability of glass forming in this system is superior to that of L2O-Al2O3-TiO2-P2O5. The glass has an amorphous structure and resultant glass-ceramic mainly consisting of LiTi2(PO4)3 phases. Impurity phases AlPO4, TiO2, TiP2O7 and unidentified phase were observed. With the enhanced heat-treatment temperature, grain grew gradually and lithium ion conductivity of glass-ceramics increased accordingly, the related impedance semicircles were depressed gradually and even disappeared, which could be analytically explained by the coordinate action of the 'Constant phase element' (CPE) model and the 'Concept of Mismatch and Relaxation' model (CMR). When the sample is devitrified at 1 000 ℃, the maximum room temperature lithium ion conductivity comes up to 4.1×10-4 S/cm, which is suitable for the application as an electrolyte of all-solid-state lithium batteries.
