Rational Regulation of Surface Free Radicals on TiO2 Nanotube Arrays via Ag2O–AgBiO3 towards Enhanced Selective Photoelectrochemical Detection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material Fabrication
2.2. Characterizations
2.3. Photoelectrochemical Measurements
3. Results
3.1. Microscopic Morphologies
3.2. Crystalline Properties and Component Analysis
3.3. Surface Electrochemical Reactions and Related Free Radicals
3.4. Photoelectrochemical Detection Performance
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Pang, Y.; Chen, H.; Yang, J.; Wang, B.; Yang, Z.; Lv, J.; Pan, Z.; Xu, G.; Shen, Z.; Wu, Y. Rational Regulation of Surface Free Radicals on TiO2 Nanotube Arrays via Ag2O–AgBiO3 towards Enhanced Selective Photoelectrochemical Detection. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2002. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102002
Pang Y, Chen H, Yang J, Wang B, Yang Z, Lv J, Pan Z, Xu G, Shen Z, Wu Y. Rational Regulation of Surface Free Radicals on TiO2 Nanotube Arrays via Ag2O–AgBiO3 towards Enhanced Selective Photoelectrochemical Detection. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):2002. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102002
Chicago/Turabian StylePang, Yajun, Hao Chen, Jin Yang, Bo Wang, Zhenyu Yang, Jun Lv, Zhenghui Pan, Guangqing Xu, Zhehong Shen, and Yucheng Wu. 2020. "Rational Regulation of Surface Free Radicals on TiO2 Nanotube Arrays via Ag2O–AgBiO3 towards Enhanced Selective Photoelectrochemical Detection" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 2002. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102002