DC-Plasma over Aqueous Solution for the Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles under Pressurized Argon

Wahyudiono; Hiroki Kondo; Motoki Yamada; Noriharu Takada; Siti Machmudah; Hideki Kanda; Motonobu Goto

doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c00059

DC-Plasma over Aqueous Solution for the Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles under Pressurized Argon

ACS Omega. 2020 Mar 6;5(10):5443-5451. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00059. eCollection 2020 Mar 17.

Authors

Wahyudiono¹, Hiroki Kondo¹, Motoki Yamada¹, Noriharu Takada¹, Siti Machmudah², Hideki Kanda¹, Motonobu Goto¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Process Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Kampus, ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111, Indonesia.

Abstract

Nanomaterials that comprise titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanoparticles have received much attention owing to their wide applications; presently, the green synthesis of TiO₂ nanoparticles is a developing research area. In this study, the TiO₂ nanoparticles were synthesized through a DC-pulsed discharge plasma over an aqueous solution surface under a high-pressure argon environment. The titanium-rod electrode was utilized as the material source for the TiO₂ nanoparticle generation. Experiments were performed at room temperature with pressurized argon at 1-4 MPa. To generate a pulse electrical discharge plasma, a DC power supply of 18.6 kV was applied. The Raman spectroscopy showed that the TiO₂ nanoparticle with a brookite structure was formed dominantly. The scanning transmission electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersion spectroscopy (STEM coupled with EDS) indicated that TiO₂ coated with carbon and that without carbon coating were successfully produced at the nanoscale. The process presented here is an innovative process and can update the existing information regarding the synthesis of metal-based nanoparticles using pulsed discharge plasma under an argon environment.