Influence of Doping of Titanium Dioxide by Zirconium and Niobium on its Morphology

Authors L.M. Humeniuk, I.M. Budzulyak , R.V. Ilnytskyy
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Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 57, Shevchenka Str., 76000 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

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Issue Volume 5, Year 2013, Number 4
Dates Received 16 October 2013; published online 31 January 2014
Citation L.M. Humeniuk, I.M. Budzulyak, R.V. Ilnytskyy, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 5 No 4, 04049 (2013)
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PACS Number(s) 68.47.Gh
Keywords Doping (20) , Titanium dioxide (4) , Specific surface.
Annotation Structure porosity and specific surface area of undoped and doped nanodispersed titanium dioxide with Zr, Nb was investigated. The porous structure of TiO2 is caused by its intervals between nanoparticles and their agglomerates. Surface morphology of obtained materials was determined by isotherms of nitrogen adsorption-desorption. Specific surface area of nanodispersed titanium dioxide, according to the results, consists 182 m2/g. It was found, that during doping of titanium dioxide with zirconium comparing to origin TiO2 specific surface increases in 30 %, and for niobium-doped decreases in 20 %. Pore-size distribution for TiO2 correspond to the value of 10-15 nm.

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