Self-organized TiO 2 nanotube arrays: Synthesis by anodization in an ionic liquid and assessment of photocatalytic properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1359-1365

  Wender, Heberton ^a   Feil, Adriano F ^a   Diaz, Leonardo B ^a   Ribeiro, Camila S ^a   Machado, Guilherme J ^a   Migowski, Pedro ^a   Weibel, Daniel E ^a   Dupont, Jairton ^a   Teixeira, Seérgio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

hydrogen generation; ionic liquid electrolytes; photocatalysis; TiO2 nanotubes; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATION TIME; ANODIZATION VOLTAGES; ANODIZATIONS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; IMIDAZOLIUM; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; METHYL ORANGE; NANOPOROUS LAYERS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PORE DIAMETERS; SELF-ORGANIZED; TETRAFLUOROBORATES; TIO; TIO2 NANOTUBES; TOP SURFACE; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

AZO DYES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

AZO COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; IONIC LIQUID; METHYL ORANGE; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AZO COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TITANIUM;

EID: 79960960018     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am200156d     Document Type: Article

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