Journal of Applied Physical Science International

Abstract

Titanium dioxide is a naturally occurring oxide of titanium with the chemical formula TiO₂. It has a wide range of applications which include its use in fabrication of nanotubes. Electrons trapped within TiO₂ cause the atoms of the tube to become unstable. This leads to interatomic vibration which in turn leads to intermolecular vibration of titanium dioxide within its lattice. The aim of this work is to estimate the amount of the force of interaction between molecules of TiO₂used as anode in dye-sensitized solar cells. The result obtained showed that one molecule of TiO₂ has a small mass. This means that the intermolecular forces in the crystal of TiO₂ is so small, and so does inter atomic forces.