Preparation and Characterization of TiO2 Electrospun Nano Fibres

Abstract

Titanium dioxide nanofibres were fabricated by home-made horizontal and vertical experimental electrospinning set-ups. Electrospun titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanofibres were prepared by calcined titanium isopropoxide (TiP) and 2-Methoxyethanol (CH3OCH2CH2OH) with different molar ratios and it was formed on Al-foil substrate by different spinning time. TiO2 sol solution (Sol-gel) was characterized by TG-DTA, XRD and SEM analyses. SEM images revealed that Anatase TiO2 as-spun fibres on the Al foils were found to be between 120-250nm in diameters before and after calcinations with horizontal set-up for 30 minutes and vertical set-up for 40 minutes spinning time