In this study, silica fiber was coated successfully with porous titania via a sol-gel method using amphiphilic triblock copolymer (P123) as a template and tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) as titanium source. In the first synthesis step a stable TiO2 solution was prepared and then coated on silica fiber. The sample was characterized with wide angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) to understand achieved titania phases, N2 adsorption-desorption analysis to estimate the surface area of prepared sample, field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and EDX maps of silicon and titanium to recognize elemental distribution on silica fiber. Results showed that high surface area of porous titania (87 m2/g) was formed uniformly on silica fibers.
