Nanostructutred chemical systems: core-shell nanoparticles in functional porous support and alternate thin films of semiconductors oxide (TiO2, MoO3, WO3)

Author(s)

Elias de Barros Santos

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química
• Defense date: 2011-09-29

Examining board members

Italo Odone Mazali; Márcia Laudelina Arruda Temperini; Flavio Maron Vichi; Yoshitaka Gushikem; Maria do Carmo Gonçalves

• Advisor: Italo Odone Mazali

Abstract

This work reports the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured systems - core-shell nanoparticles and alternate thin films - based on the semiconductor oxides: TiO2, MoO3 and WO3. For this purpose, individual monocomponent nanoparticles (PVG/TiO2, PVG/MoO3 and PVG/WO3) and bicomponent core-shell nanoparticles (PVG/TiO2-MoO3, PVG/MoO3-TiO2 and PVG/TiO2-WO3) of the above mentioned oxides using porous Vycor® glass (PVG) as support were synthesized. Also, individual thin films and alternate thin films of TiO2 and MoO3 were prepared. For the nanoparticles synthesis, the procedure used was based on the impregnation of PVG pieces with titanium (IV) di-(n-propoxy)-di-(2-ethylhexanoate) in hexane, molybdenum (VI) 2-ethylhexanoate in hexane, or di-[hexakis(m-acetato)triacetate(m3-oxo)tritungstato of hexakis(m-acetate)triaquo(m3-oxo)tritungsten(III, III, IV) in water, followed by thermal decomposition. This procedure, successively repeated over the same PVG piece, was named impregnation-decomposition cycle. With this method it was possible to control the nanoparticles size, and by alternating the metallo-organic precursors used, it was possible to obtain nanoparticles with core-shell architecture. Nanoparticle-based systems were characterized by Raman and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectroscopies, powder X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. Individual nanoparticles PVG/TiO2, PVG/MoO3 and PVG/WO3 and the core-shell nanoparticles PVG/TiO2-MoO3, PVG/MoO3-TiO2 and PVG/TiO2-WO3 are under quantum confinement regime. Characterization showed that the change in the impregnation-decomposition cycle number enables one to control the core size and shell thickness, showing the potential characterization for this purpose. This result showed that metallo-organic decomposition method and impregnation-decomposition cycle procedure is efficient to prepare organized hierarchically core-shell nanoparticle. Thin films of individual and alternated TiO2 and MoO3 were prepared by dip coating of the Ti(IV) and Mo(VI) metallo-organic precursors listed above over quartz slides, followed by thermal decomposition. This procedure, successively repeated over the same quartz slide, was named deposition-decomposition cycle. The thin films were characterized by optical profilometry, Raman and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectroscopies, confocal Raman microscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopic analysis. The thin films formed by two-component show bilayered structure between the two oxide components. Despite the differences in dimension between thin films - in micrometer scale - and the supported core-shell nanoparticles - in nanometer scale - Raman spectroscopy was able to identify in both systems the presence of the two oxides, showing that the top layer component does not suppress the Raman signal of the lower component (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 08/03322-0 - Nanostructured chemical system: core@shell nanoparticle into functional porous support and multilayer thin film of the semiconductor oxides (TiO2, MoO3, WO3)
• Grantee: Elias de Barros Santos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate