Multi-Layered Mesoporous TiO2 Thin Films: Photoelectrodes with Improved Activity and Stability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals, Materials
2.2. Preparation of Mesoporous TiO Thin Films
2.3. Characterization of Mesoporous TiO Thin Films
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Single-Layered Films
3.2. Multi-Layered Films
3.3. Multi-Layered Films Stability
3.4. Proof of Concept: SPR-Active Gold Nanoparticles Inside MTTFs
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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T/C | FWHM/ | Average Crystallite |
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Size/nm | ||
400 | 0.859 | ≈16 |
500 | 0.709 | ≈24 |
550 | 0.638 | ≈28 |
FWHM/ | Average Crystallite | |
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Size/nm | ||
1 L | 0.638 | ≈28 |
2 L | 0.672 | ≈25 |
4 L | 0.729 | ≈22 |
6 L | 0.623 | ≈30 |
8 L | 0.626 | ≈29 |
10 L | 0.658 | ≈26 |
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Gent, E.; Taffa, D.H.; Wark, M. Multi-Layered Mesoporous TiO2 Thin Films: Photoelectrodes with Improved Activity and Stability. Coatings 2019, 9, 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9100625
Gent E, Taffa DH, Wark M. Multi-Layered Mesoporous TiO2 Thin Films: Photoelectrodes with Improved Activity and Stability. Coatings. 2019; 9(10):625. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9100625
Chicago/Turabian StyleGent, Enno, Dereje H. Taffa, and Michael Wark. 2019. "Multi-Layered Mesoporous TiO2 Thin Films: Photoelectrodes with Improved Activity and Stability" Coatings 9, no. 10: 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9100625