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Active and Passive Electronic Components , September 2004, Vol. 27, pp. 125–131 STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL AND ELECTROCHROMIC PROPERTIES OF NANOCRYSTALLINE TiO2 THIN FILMS PREPARED BY SPIN COATING a, a a a R. JOURDANI *, A. OUTZOURHIT , A. OUERIAGLI , D. AITELHABTI , E. L. AMEZIANEa, S. BARAZZOUKb and S. HOTCHANDANIb aLaboratoire de Physique des Solides et des Couches Minces, Faculte´ des Sciences Semlalia, B. P. 2390, Marrakech, Morocco; b Groupe de recherche en e´nergie et informations bio-mole´culaires, Universite´ de Que´bec a` Trois Rivie`res, Bd. des Forges, CP500 G9A 5H7, Trois Rivie`res, Que´bec, Canada (Received 27 May 2003; In final form 28 July 2003) Nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films were prepared by spin coating on covered glass substrates with an indium tin oxide (ITO) layer. The structural, electrochromic and optical properties of the films were investigated. The films are crystallized predominantly in the anatase phase with lattice parameters a ¼ b ¼ 0.378 nm and c ¼ 0.958 nm. The crystallite size was found to be of the order of 14 nm. The films showed reversible coloration=bleaching cycles as demonstrated by cyclic voltametry and current–time transients. The transmission of the blue colored films decreased and their absorption edge was less sharp and shifted to higher wavelengths as a result of the intercalation of Liþ ions. Keywords : Titanium oxide; Electrochromic films; Nanocristalline; Spin coating; Cyclic voltammetry; Optical transmission; Coloration=bleaching 1 INTRODUCTION Recently, there has been a growing interest in nanomaterials due to their unique and varied properties as well as their high specific surface