Enhanced solar water-splitting performance of TiO2 nanotube arrays by annealing and quenching

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 633-639

  He, Zhangrong ^a   Xiao, Jianzhong ^a   Xia, Feng ^a   Kajiyoshi, Koji ^b   Samart, Chanatip ^c   Zhang, Haibo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Annealing; Oil quenching; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Solar conversion efficiency; Visible light absorption

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUENCHING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; OIL QUENCHING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS; TWO STEP ANODIZATION; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84904819448     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.06.035     Document Type: Article

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