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4 Results and discussion<br />

sol. The average crystal size is 15 nm obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the XRD analysis on powders which<br />

is more than half of the f<strong>in</strong>al membrane layer thickness. Similar particle size range has<br />

been found <strong>for</strong> commercial TiO2 membranes. Defect free 25 nm th<strong>in</strong> TiO2 layers based<br />

on the stack<strong>in</strong>g of 2-5 particles is expected to be difficult.<br />

γ-Al2O3<br />

Tungsten<br />

A B<br />

γ-Al2O3<br />

Figure 67 A) TEM image of a TiO2 membrane calc<strong>in</strong>ed at 500ºC supported by γ-Al2O3. B) ordered atomic<br />

structure is observed present<strong>in</strong>g anatase TiO2<br />

Figure 67-B shows a higher magnification to show the atomic order<strong>in</strong>g present<strong>in</strong>g anatase<br />

TiO2. No rutile TiO2 was observed as <strong>in</strong> agreement with XRD analysis on bulk<br />

membrane material. Focussed Raman spectroscopy was applied on the TiO2 and ZrO2<br />

membranes obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly bands assigned to the support<strong>in</strong>g alum<strong>in</strong>a (Table 28 and<br />

Figure 68). Raman on the TiO2 membrane confirms the presence of anatase TiO2 by the<br />

bands at (520, 148 cm -1 ). Rutile TiO2 can not be excluded due to a very weak band at 450<br />

and 453 cm -1 , respectively 514 and 632 nm laser excitation.<br />

100<br />

TiO2

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