Issue 12, 2010
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Synthesis and applications of electrochemically self-assembled titaniananotube arrays

Sanju Rani,a   Somnath C. Roy,a   Maggie Paulose,a   Oomman K. Varghese,a   Gopal K. Mor,a   Sanghoon Kim,a   Sorachon Yoriya,a   Thomas J. LaTempaa  and  C. A. Grimes*a  

* Corresponding authors

a The Department of Electrical Engineering, The Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Materials Research Institute, The Center for Solar Nanomaterials, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
E-mail: cgrimes@engr.psu.edu

Abstract

Highly ordered vertically oriented TiO2 nanotube arrays fabricated by electrochemical anodization offer a large surface area architecture with precisely controllable nanoscale features. These nanotubes have shown remarkable properties in a variety of applications including, for example, their use as hydrogen sensors, in the photoelectrochemical generation of hydrogen, dye-sensitized and solid-state heterojunction solar cells, photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons, and as a novel drug delivery platform. Herein we consider the development of the various nanotube array synthesis techniques, different applications of the TiO2 nanotube arrays, unresolved issues, and possible future research directions.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B924125F
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
17 Nov 2009
Accepted
13 Jan 2010
First published
10 Feb 2010

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010,12, 2780-2800

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Synthesis and applications of electrochemically self-assembled titania nanotube arrays

S. Rani, S. C. Roy, M. Paulose, O. K. Varghese, G. K. Mor, S. Kim, S. Yoriya, T. J. LaTempa and C. A. Grimes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 2780 DOI: 10.1039/B924125F

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