Research Article
Characterization of Commercial TiO2 P90 Modified with ZnO by the Impregnation Method
Table 1
Diffraction analysis data and ZnO content in nanocomposites.
| | Sample | TiO2/P90 | TiO2/2ZnO | TiO2/5ZnO | TiO2/10ZnO | TiO2/15ZnO |
| | Phase composition (%) | 91 (A)
9 (R) | 88.5 (A)
10 (R)
1.5 (ZnO) | 86 (A)
9.5 (R)
4.5 (ZnO) | 83 (A)
7.5 (R)
9.5 (ZnO) | 77 (A)
7 (R)
16 (ZnO) | | ZnO content (%) | 0 | 1.97 | 5.01 | 9.95 | 15.02 | | Average crystallite size (nm) | 5.1 (TiO2) | 5.3 (TiO2) | 5.2 (TiO2) | 5.9 (TiO2)
3.4 (ZnO) | 6.9 (TiO2)
6.0 (ZnO) |
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Calculated from X-ray fluorescence analysis. |
