Carbon doped TiO2 nanotubes photoanodes prepared by in-situ anodic oxidation of Ti-foil in acidic and organic medium with photocurrent enhancement

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3731-3739

  Husin Milad, Asma M ^a   Minggu, Lorna Jeffery ^a   Kassim, Mohammad B ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anodic oxidation; Nanotubes; Photoelectrode; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; CARBON SOURCE; CURRENT-POTENTIAL; DOPED-TIO; DOPING TECHNIQUES; EXTERNAL SHAPE; HIGHLY ORDERED ARRAYS; IN-SITU DOPING; NANOTUBULAR; ORGANIC MEDIA; ORGANIC MEDIUM; OXIDATION PROCESS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTRODE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIO; TITANIUM FOILS; TITANIUM OXIDE NANOTUBES; VISIBLE LIGHT; Z-DIRECTIONS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTROLYTES; NANOTUBES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON;

EID: 84874650130     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.10.209     Document Type: Article

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