Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2011
In this study, TiO2 films were grown at room temperature by sol-gel process using titanium (IV)-isopropylatas precursor. XRD, EDS and MEB analyses proved that an eventual annealing treatment caused the TiO2 amorphous phase to shift to a crystalline anatase phase. Optical measurements were carried out via absorbancespectra in 500–2500 nm wavelength domain. From these optical measurements, the temperature-dependent conjointoptical and thermal properties were deduced using the Amlouk-Boubaker opto-thermal expansivity ψAB.