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Transparency of modified vinyl-silsesquioxane films and its validation by computing energy-band structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Xiao-Dong Chen ,
Di Wang ,
De-Rong Lin ,
Qun Zhang  and
Li-Jiang Hu
Xiao-Dong Chen
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Li-Jiang Hu*
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: hulijiang2008@126.com
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Abstract

Using vinyl-silsesquioxane modified with various amounts of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and titanium tetrabutoxide (TTB), two kinds of hybrid films, film-vinyl-silsesquioxane-TEOS (f-VSTE) and film-vinyl-silsesquioxane-TTB (f-VSTT), were prepared. The average transparency (AT) of the modified films was measured in the ranges of the visible light region (400–750 nm) and in the near-infrared region (750–2500 nm). The AT values in these ranges are about 88% to 94%, indicating that these high-AT films can provide crops with growth energy and improvement of the photosynthetic process efficiency. The TEOS additions result in a hybrid structure (containing SiO2); an adequate addition can cause an increase in the AT radiation from sunlight. On the other hand, the TTB additions result in a hybrid structure (containing TiO2) that causes a decrease in the AT. These results were validated using molecular dynamic simulation and were calculated (with Materials Stutio software) using the density of states and the energy-band structure of the vinyl-SSO, SiO2, and TiO2 building blocks.

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Optical propertiesOrganometallicThin film
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 1: Photocatalysis for Energy and Environmental Sustainability , January 2010 , pp. 76 - 81
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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