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Preparation of SiO2/TiO2 composite fibers by sol-gel reaction and electrospinning |
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| Authors: | Sung Wook Lee Sung-Seen Choi Yong Lak Joo |
| Affiliation: | a Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea b Department of Advanced Organic Materials and Textile System, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea c Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea d Division of Fashion Design and Beauty, College of Natural Sciences, Howon University, Kunsan 573-930, Republic of Korea e School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA |
| Abstract: | Submicron scale composite fibers of SiO2/TiO2 with various compositions have been prepared by electrospinning a sol-gel precursor of tetraethyl orthosilicate(TEOS) and titanium(IV) isopropoxide(TiP), followed by calcination. Any gelator or binder has not been used in this direct preparation process for composite fibers, and the maximum amount of titania for suitable fiber formation was about 50 mol%. The sintered composite fibers were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Our results show that the surface morphology and crystallization behavior of electrospun fibers are largely influenced by the calcination temperature and the content of TiO2. XRD results also reveal that the anatase phase in composite fibers can be preserved even after high temperature processing at lower content (x = 0.1, 0.2) of titania. |
| Keywords: | Electrospinning Silica/titania composite fiber Sol-gel process Calcination Anatase |
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