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Christian Lau
Mentors: Julia Greer and Victoria Chernow
LixTiO2
Visible and
UV range
Near-IR range
Various methods reported for TiO2 inverse opal fabrication via sol-gel coating
with tunable photonic bandgaps
500 nm
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Sealant Glue
Fabrication Scheme
Substrate Surface
Modification
Evaporative Self
Assembly of
Opal Template
Calcination to Form
Inverse Opal Array
and Conversion of
TiBALDH to TiO2
ITO
Ti layer
Superhydrophilic TiO2
OH OH OH OH
Soda-lime glass
OH
Surface Modification
Soda-lime glass
Soda-lime glass
ITO
ITO
OH OH OH OH
Soda-lime glass
OH
Sol-Gel Composition:
Hatton et al., PNAS, 2010
Calcination/Baking Step
Heat sample to 400 C
Surface cracks widen at high
temperatures
400 C
400 C
Anatase Titania
Conclusions
Factors affecting inverse opal fabrication
Substrate polarity
Deposition method (vertical deposition)
Cracking during baking
Sol Gel methods are promising for fabricating titania inverse opal
arrays with the optimal crystal phase
Future Work
Scalable doctor blade
coating of opal template
Device fabrication and
electrochemical tests
Acknowledgements
Vicitoria Chernow and Dr. Greer
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