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Preparation, Characterization and Application of Self-Organized Titanium Oxide - Nanotubes
Start date:2006-10-01
End date:2009-09-30
Project Acronym:TI- NANOTUBES
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Julia |
DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE SCIENCE AND CORROSION (LKO) Postfach 3520 Schlossplatz 4 ERLANGEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN MITTELFRANKEN Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-091318527580 | |
| Fax:+49-091318527582 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.uni-erlangen.de/ | Organization Type:Education |
Description
Objective:
Electrochemical nano-technology on titanium will be used for anodic porosification with the purpose of achieving self-organized porous TiO2 with a similar degree of order as porous Al2O3 and Si. The results obtained recently in this area have shown that there is a broad range of systems that can be porosified-showing variations regarding tube dimensions, orientation, conformation and morphology.
The key mechanisms leading to self-ordering will be identified in order to understand better the driving forces for the porosification process. The properties of those Ti-Nanotube systems and their photo-electrochemical behaviour will be investigated, particularly in order to exploit self-organized porous TiO2 for solar-energy conversion applications. The effect of doping and dye sensitisation will be studied in detail and the question whether self-organized porous TiO2 layers (i.e. TiO2 nanotubes) have properties superior to currently use nano-structured systems produced by TiO2 nano-particle sintering will be determined. The project clearly fits into the activity code structure. Within the activity, it directly addresses the area NMP-2004-3.4.1.3-1.
As explained in the call for the area, there is an increasing need to develop novel functional and structural materials of superior performance for industry by controlling their nano-structure. This will include technologies for their production, characterisation and processing. All of these three requirements are covered by the proposed work which has a major potential in three main areas: fundamental research on the nanoporous TiO2 structures (self- organisation effects together with their mechanisms); approaches to designing new titanium-based systems that have enhanced properties in terms of their application and use in the field of nano-technology; and accessibility of the produced systems for a direct investigation of their technological importance.
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Project Details
Start date:2006-10-01
End date:2009-09-30
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:33313
Project cost:1545150 EURO
Project Funding:1250000 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP6-NMP
Programme type:Sixth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Three dimensional nano-structures based on elements other than carbon, Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices
Contract type:Specific Targeted Research Project
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Subject index:Industrial Manufacture, Materials Technology
Other Indexes:Nanotechnology
Results for this Project
| Final Report Summary - TI- NANOTUBES (Preparation, characterisation and application of self-organised titanium oxide - nanotubes) | 14/04/2011 |
Documents for this Project
Other participants
| Organization name:NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS" | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Polycarpos |
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, PHOTOREDOX CONVERSION AND SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE LABORATORY PO Box 60228 Neapoleos and Patriatchou Grogoriou AGHIA PARASKEVI ATTIKIS HELLAS Region: |
| Tel:+30-2106503644 | |
| Fax:+30-2106511766 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.demokritos.gr | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:George Edward |
CORROSION AND PROTECTION CENTRE, SCHOOL OF MATERIALS, ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES FACULTY Oxford Road MANCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM Region:NORTH WEST (UK) GREATER MANCHESTER |
| Tel:+44-1613064859 | |
| Fax:+44-1613064865 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.manchester.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
Record control number:80026
