pH Condition Influence Nanotube Structure of TiO2 by Anodizing Titanium Substrate
Nur Aimi Jani1, Izzatul Syifa Azizan2, Nur Fatin Razak3, Mohd Muzamir Mahat4, Weesiong Chiu5, Saadah Abdul Rahman6.
The influence of pH of the electrolyte used during anodization of Titanium substrate has been
investigated in order to determine the optimum pH condition to form self-organized Titanium dioxide
(TiO2) nanotubes (NTs) structure. The TiO2 NTs was formed by anodizing Titanium substrate in an
electrolyte containing 1M of sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) with 0.7 g of ammonium fluoride (NH4F) for 180
minutes with potential 20 V. The optimum conditions were determined by characterization using FESEM
and XRD analysis. As shown in the result, it can be summarized that pH of the anodization electrolyte can
affect the length and diameter of the NTs as confirmed by FESEM images. FESEM result shows that, the
length of nanotubes increased as the pH increased which are from 50 nm to 424 nm for pH 5 and pH 7,
respectively. However, at higher pH more than 7, the nanotube structure was collapsed and only form
bulk oxide film. The FESEM result also supported by the XRD result as the peak at 24°
increased up from
pH 3 to pH 7 and drop at pH 9.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- University of Malaya, Malaysia
- University of Malaya, Malaysia
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