Department of Materials Science, LKO, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstr. 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Nanoscale. 2011 Aug;3(8):3094-6. doi: 10.1039/c1nr10539f. Epub 2011 Jul 14.
Nanostructured titanium dioxide is one of the classic materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting. In the present work we dope TiO(2) nanotube anodes. For this, various low concentration bulk-Nb-doped TiO(2) nanotube layers were grown by self-organizing anodization of Ti-Nb alloys. At Nb-contents around 0.1 at%, and after an adequate heat-treatment, a strongly increased and stable photoelectrochemical water-splitting rate is obtained.
纳米结构二氧化钛是光电化学水分解的经典材料之一。在本工作中,我们掺杂 TiO(2) 纳米管阳极。为此,通过 Ti-Nb 合金的自组织阳极氧化生长了各种低浓度体相 Nb 掺杂 TiO(2) 纳米管层。在 Nb 含量约为 0.1 原子%,并经过适当的热处理后,获得了显著提高且稳定的光电化学水分解速率。