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Abstract
Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising technology for the development of solar fuels. Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is one of the most studied metal oxides in this field as a photoanode. Achieving its full potential requires controlling its morphology and crystallinity and especially the exposure of its most active crystal facets. Herein, we present the formation of nanostructured TiO 2 photoanodes with anatase phase and high exposure of the {0 1 0} facet, the most active TiO 2 phase and facet. TiO 2 photoanodes were prepared from a Ti 7O 4(OEt) 20 titanium oxo/alkoxy cluster solution using aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition. Characterization techniques such as SEM and TEM reveal that these TiO 2 photoanodes consist of morphologies resembling the crystals of gypsum, sand and water found in nature, also known as desert roses. Furthermore, TEM and XRD analysis also reveals that the metastable anatase TiO 2 phase is maintained up to 1000 °C and exceeds the typical anatase-to-rutile phase-transition temperature of 500-750 °C, a feature that could be exploited in the smart ceramics industry. Photoelectrochemical measurements show that these desert-rose TiO 2 photoanodes achieve excellent photocurrent densities with an incident photon-to-current efficiency of ∼100% at 350 nm and a faradaic efficiency for oxygen evolution of ∼90%.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 19161-19172 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry A |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 32 |
Early online date | 29 Jul 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to acknowledge both EPSRC for funding the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies at the University of Bath (EP/L016354/1) and the Material and Chemical Characterisation facility (MC2) at the University of Bath. SE would like to acknowledge the nancial support from EPSRC (EP/P008097/1).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- General Materials Science
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Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Solar Fuels
Eslava, S. (PI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/03/17 → 31/07/18
Project: Research council
Profiles
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Andrew Johnson
- Department of Chemistry - Professor
- Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT)
- Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science
- IAAPS
- Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff
Datasets
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Data set for 'TiO2 photoanodes with exposed {0 1 0} facets grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of a titanium oxo/alkoxy cluster'
Regue Grino, M. (Creator), Sibby, S. (Creator), Ahmet, I. (Creator), Friedrich, D. (Creator), Abdi, F. (Creator), Johnson, A. (Creator) & Eslava, S. (Creator), University of Bath, 5 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00644
Dataset
Equipment
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Dual source (Cu and Mo) Single Crystal Diffractometer (SuperNova)
Material and Chemical Characterisation (MC2)Facility/equipment: Equipment
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Raman confocal microscope RENISHAM INVIA
Material and Chemical Characterisation (MC2)Facility/equipment: Equipment
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