Facile Synthesis of Electroconductive AZO@TiO2 Whiskers and Their Application in Textiles

Abstract

The electroconductive AZO@TiO2 whiskers have been successfully prepared via coating Al doped ZnO onto TiO2 whisker. The orthogonal tests were employed to optimize the synthetic conditions. The crystallographic structure and the morphology of the AZO@TiO2 whiskers and the polypropylene nonwoven fabrics modified with AZO@TiO2 whiskers were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, four-probe meter, and electrometer. The results showed the AZO@TiO2 whiskers exhibited good electroconductive performance. Moreover, the polypropylene nonwoven fabrics modified with AZO@TiO2 whiskers revealed excellent antistatic performance indicating wide application of AZO@TiO2 whiskers in the antistatic textiles.