International. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering researchers at the University of Tehran, Iran, said they succeeded in creating a dense nanostructured coating made of titanium, by combining sol-gel methods and electrophoresis.
The thickness of the coating can be controlled through the use of titania sun parameters. This method enables the production of nanostructured titanium oxide coatings, especially in semiconductor ceramics required in various electronic and optical industries, including the photovoltaic industries.
The results of the research showed that the reaction rate of hydrolysis in titania sun greatly affects the rate of deposition in the sol-gel method of electrophoresis. The increase in the amount of water and the concentration of pre-material alkoxide and the decrease in the amount of acid catalyst increased the hydrolysis reaction range, and, consequently, resulted in an increase in the rate of deposition in this process.
The use of different mathematical methods in deposition processes, especially those involving various chemical reactions, can play an important role in the development and commercialization of processes. This method proved that it can be a good approach to the production of nanostructured titanium oxide coatings by using its own sun, as it allows the thickness control of the formed layer.
