The TiO
2 coating films were applied to the artificial graphite plates through the sol-gel route using the dip coating technique. The TiO
2 sol for the dip-coating was prepared by hydrolyzing titanium tetra-iso-propoxide in ethanol. The addition of HCl or diethanolamine was effective for stabilizing sols.
The TiO
2 films thus obtained was heated to 1100°C in the.flow of NH
3 gas to form titanium nitride which was still 'nonstoichiometric, but colored in brownish yellow. Relatively high adhesion of the film to the graphite was achieved. The nitridation process of the sol-gel derived TiO
2 films was investigated.
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