期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 136, 期 -, 页码 404-411出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.097
关键词
TiO2 nanotubes; water splitting; electron lifetime; photocurrent transients
资金
- CNPq
- CAPES
- FAPESP [2010/05555-2, 2012/06778-0]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [10/05555-2] Funding Source: FAPESP
In the present work, it is described the fabrication and characterization of TiO2 nantotubes prepared potentiostatically using 1.0 or 5.0 vol.% ionic liquid electrolyte medium at 10 or 20 degrees C. These experimental conditions led to TiO2 nanotubes with 63-77 nm pore diameter, crystallite sizes between 27-33 nm, and band-gap values in the 3.1-3.2 eV range. Although the morphology and band-gap values were similar, the water splitting reaction showed differences in terms of photocurrent, up to 300%. Besides, we report also important changes in those parameters related with electronic defects, such as carrier density (N-D), width of depletion layer (w) and Debye length (lambda(D)). Then, the enhancement on photoelectrochemical properties could be related to a decrease in the rate of surface recombination processes. Finally, these proposition are in agreement with the open-circuit voltage-decay, where was observed a higher electron lifetime for TiO2NT obtained at higher vol.% of ionic liquid. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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