摘要
The present study reports the titanium dioxide(TiO_(2))films synthesized from TiCl3 precursor on ITO glass substrates using two electrochemical techniques,namely direct electro-deposition(DE)and pulse electro-deposition(PE).The synthesis potential during the time-on(Ton)period was fixed at-1.5 V.However,the open-circuit potential was applied during the time-off(Toff)period.The effect of the technique of electro-deposition and Toff duration on the properties of TiO_(2)films and their photoelectron-catalytic activity were investigated.The obtained films were investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),UV-VIS spectrometer,and photocurrent measurement respectively.It is found that the use of the PE technique at different Toff improves the properties of TiO_(2)films compared to the DE technique.The XRD patterns show the anatase phase with a marked preferential orientation along the(101)direction for all samples.From the SEM analysis,it is seen a significant change from big multigrain agglomerates at DE to a dense film structure and small multigrain agglomerates at different Toff.As the Toff decreases from 3 s to 1 s,the photocurrent response rises and reaches a high value of about 12 m A/cm^(2).Compared with DE,and under UV light the photocatalytic property of TiO_(2)film synthesis via PE has been improved in the degradation of methyl orange(MO).Finally,the films deposited at low Toff(Toff=1 s)show a faster degradation of MO.
