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Titanium oxide (TiO2) is an attractive semiconducting material due to its characteristics photochemical properties and high chemical stability. TiO2 has been widely used for various applications such as a semiconductor in dye-sensitized solar cell, water treatment materials, catalysts, gas sensors, and so on. In this work, Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were prepared by sol-gel method using Titanium Isopropoxide (TiTP) as a source of Ti. Different solvents (isopropyl alcohol, ethanol and methanol) were used to prepare TiO2 nanoparticles. The structural characterization of the samples is carried out by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) And Fourier Transforms Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). (XRD) analysis reveals the anatase structure of the as prepared TiO2 with nanometer size. The founded size of the particle is to be 15 nm when using isopropyl alcohol as a solvent. The increasing time of the calcination (at the same temperature) causes the size increasing. FTIR measurements confirm the anatase structure of TiO2.
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Bessi, A., Boudine, B., Boudaren, C. (2018). Fabrication and Characterization of TiO2 Nanoparticles. In: Abdelbaki, B., Safi, B., Saidi, M. (eds) Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Materials and Sustainable Development. SMSD 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89707-3_33
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