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Titanium Dioxide Coating Prepared by Use of a Suspension-Solution Plasma-Spray Process

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Titanium dioxide coatings were prepared from titanium isopropoxide solution containing nano TiO2 particles by use of a plasma-spray process. The effects of stand-off distance on coating composition and microstructure were investigated and compared with those for pure solution precursor and a water-based suspension of TiO2. The results showed that the anatase content of the coating increased with increasing stand-off distance and the rate of deposition decreased with increasing spray distance. Anatase nanoparticles in solution were incorporated into the coatings without phase transformation whereas most of the TiO2 in the precursor solution was transformed into rutile. The microstructure of preserved anatase particles bound by rutile improved the efficiency of deposition of the coating. The amount of anatase phase can be adjusted by variation of the ratio of solution to added anatase TiO2 nanoparticles.

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Financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 50901071) and the Innovation Fund Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant no. CXJJ-09-M56) is appreciated. The authors also thank George Kretschmann and Yanan Liu of the Department of Geology, University of Toronto, for their help during XRD and SEM characterization.

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    Lingzhong Du

  2. Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada

    Lingzhong Du, Thomas W. Coyle, Ken Chien, Larry Pershin, Tiegang Li & Mehdi Golozar

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Du, L., Coyle, T.W., Chien, K. et al. Titanium Dioxide Coating Prepared by Use of a Suspension-Solution Plasma-Spray Process. J Therm Spray Tech 24, 915–924 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-015-0251-1

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