Facile Synthesis of Electroconductive AZO@TiO2Whiskers and Their Application in Textiles

Abstract

The electroconductive AZO@TiO2whiskers have been successfully preparedviacoating Al doped ZnO onto TiO2whisker. The orthogonal tests were employed to optimize the synthetic conditions. The crystallographic structure and the morphology of the AZO@TiO2whiskers and the polypropylene nonwoven fabrics modified with AZO@TiO2whiskers were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, four-probe meter, and electrometer. The results showed the AZO@TiO2whiskers exhibited good electroconductive performance. Moreover, the polypropylene nonwoven fabrics modified with AZO@TiO2whiskers revealed excellent antistatic performance indicating wide application of AZO@TiO2whiskers in the antistatic textiles.