Abstract:
The research concerns in the preparation and TiO
2 assembly of mesoporous silica films at ambient pressure by sol-gel technique. First, the silicate sol was prepared with the procursor acitetraehoxysilane(TEOS) and cationic surfactant hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide(CTAB) or amphiphilic triblock copolymer(EO
20PO
70EO
20)as template dissolved in ethanol and catalyzed by hydrochloric acid. Then the film was obtained by dip coating, and both XRD patterns and TEM image indicate that the films are highly ordered. Finally, the TiO
2 nanofiber was prepared by impregnating a mesoporous silica film with TiCl
4 followed by hydrolysis in air and calcination at high temperature in the oven. The prepared TiO
2nanofiber diameter is in the range of 50~300 nm and it was characterized by SEM. TiO
2 nanofibers can’t be formed on film containting template or bare substrate. TiO
2 nanofiber morphology can be varied by controlling the pore size of the mesoporous silica film. TiO
2 nanofiber has anatase phase after heating at200~600 ℃and its crystallization increases with calcination temperature increasing.