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Fabrication of nanoperforated ultrathin TiO2 films by inkjet printing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Qian Xu ,
Jan-Henrik Smått ,
Jouko Peltonen  and
Petri Ihalainen
Qian Xu*
Affiliation:
Center for Functional Materials, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20500, Finland
Jan-Henrik Smått
Affiliation:
Center for Functional Materials, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20500, Finland
Jouko Peltonen
Affiliation:
Center for Functional Materials, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20500, Finland
Petri Ihalainen
Affiliation:
Center for Functional Materials, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20500, Finland
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: qxu@abo.fi
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Abstract

Fabrication of nanoperforated TiO2 thin films (NP-TiO2) on various substrates utilizing evaporation-induced self-assembly has been widely reported during recent years. For many applications, such as solar cells and gas sensors, it would be beneficial if the active material could be deposited onto a desired area or in the form of a pattern or array. In this study, inkjet printing was successfully used to produce NP-TiO2 at both ambient temperature and 60 °C. Especially for intermediate drop spacings (40 and 50 µm), millimeter-sized homogeneous NP-TiO2 patches were obtained with similar NP structure as those being processed by dip coating and drop casting. Compared to ambient temperature, inkjet printing at 60 °C provides a narrower height distribution of the NP structures of about 5 nm. Compared to dip coating and drop casting, inkjet printing enables the deposition of the ink onto target areas, thus enabling the fabrication of microscale arrays and other patterned structures.

Keywords

inkjet printingnanostructureself-assembly
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 30 , Issue 14 , 28 July 2015 , pp. 2151 - 2160
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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