Electrochemically Hydrogenated TiO2 Nanotubes with Improved Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Performance

Overview

Journal Nanoscale Res Lett

Publisher Springer

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2013 Sep 20

PMID 24047205

Citations 13

Authors

Chen Xu

Ye Song

Linfeng Lu

Chuanwei Cheng

Dongfang Liu

Xiaohong Fang

Xiaoyuan Chen

Xufei Zhu

Dongdong Li

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Abstract

One-dimensional anodic titanium oxide (ATO) nanotube arrays hold great potential as photoanode for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. In this work, we report a facile and eco-friendly electrochemical hydrogenation method to modify the electronic and PEC properties of ATO nanotube films. The hydrogenated ATO (ATO-H) electrodes present a significantly improved photocurrent of 0.65 mA/cm2 in comparison with that of pristine ATO nanotubes (0.29 mA/cm2) recorded under air mass 1.5 global illumination. The incident photon-to-current efficiency measurement suggests that the enhanced photocurrent of ATO-H nanotubes is mainly ascribed to the improved photoactivity in the UV region. We propose that the electrochemical hydrogenation induced surface oxygen vacancies contribute to the substantially enhanced electrical conductivity and photoactivity.

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