Absorption and exciton emission spectra of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide thin films

A series of TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films were fabricated by using dip coating method from TiO2 reverse micelle solution. The studies on absorption and exciton emission spectra showed that both the indirect and direct transition exist in these TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films. A thick film has a red shift of direct transition bandgap than thin films due to the strong interface interaction. The films made at different aging time with same dip times have the same direct transition bandgaps. All the films have the same indirect transition bandgap, but those with one time dip have no indirect transition. All the films have almost the same patterns of photoluminescence spectra.