Study of Glass Coatings by Different Resin Categories and their Preparation Process to Immobilize Nano-TiO2 for Environmental Aspects

TiO2 and especially its nano-metric structure have many applications for environmental proposes. It can be used in mobilized or immobilized status, but its consumption is less in immobilized form and its process would be economical; In addition, the environmental aspects would be minimized. There are a few methods for immobilization of nano-TiO2 inside the process. The sol-gel method is formal for immobilization of nano-TiO2 on Pyrex glass and quartz, but these two glasses are expensive. To reduce the expenses, different resins have been studied for immobilization of nano-TiO2 on normal glasses, but the glass coating and its surface preparation is very critical and important in order to increase the stability of catalyst and its life time. In this research, this process has been studied and distinguished its conditions and critical parameters. Different experiments have been done to characterize the prepared coatings, such as hardness, water resistant, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).