Journal of Nanosciences: Current Research

Impact of Spherical Anatase TiO₂ Nanoparticles on Thermal Properties Of Polypropylene Resin

Abstract

Ahlem Bendaoued*, Mouna Messaoud, Omar Harzallah, Sophie Bistac and Rached Salhi

Ceramics Nano metric reinforced polymer composite is a significant material for catalysis, solar cells, production of hydrogen and energy applications, etc. In order to take benefit from the interesting mechanical properties and thermal stability of TiO₂, this ceramic nanomaterial’s was synthesized by the Sol-Gel process in attempt to study the thermal stability, structure, and morphology of the resulting nanoparticles powders. The obtained results revealed that, the sphere is composed of 20-30 nm nanoparticles with excellent thermal stability of nano-TiO₂, This work focused on the thermal characterization and the study of Nano composite xWt% TiO₂/PP (x=0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 mol%). In this study, the obtained results revealed that the molar ratio of TiO₂ influences the final thermal stability and degree of crystallinity of the composite. It was found that the use of TiO₂ seems to be an effective and very promising way to increase the thermal properties of the resulting composite. The greatest degree of crystallinity (54.80%) and thermal degradation stability are obtained for composite reinforced by 7.5 Wt% TiO₂.