Improved photocatalytic activity of highly ordered TiO 2 nanowire arrays for methylene blue degradation

Xiaojun Lv; Hao Zhang; Haixin Chang

doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.07.059

Improved photocatalytic activity of highly ordered TiO ₂ nanowire arrays for methylene blue degradation

Xiaojun Lv, Hao Zhang, Haixin Chang

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Abstract

Although many efforts have been done on the photocatalytic properties of anodic TiO ₂ nanotubes, much less work is done on the photocatalytic performance of TiO ₂ nanowires. Self-organized anodic TiO ₂ nanowire arrays have been fabricated using a simple electrochemical approach and used as photocatalysts in photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) dyes. Here we found for the first time TiO ₂ nanowires have better photocatalytic properties and incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) than TiO ₂ nanotubes. N doped TiO ₂ nanowires showed further enhancement in photodegradation activity and photocurrent response in the visible region. Such TiO ₂ nanowires are expected to have great potential in photodegradation of pollutants, photovoltaic solar energy conversion and water splitting for hydrogen generation as well.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	789-795
Number of pages	7
Journal	Materials Chemistry and Physics
Volume	136
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.07.059
Publication status	Published - 2012 Oct 15

Keywords

High photocatalytic activity
Nitrogen doping
Photocurrent response
Photodegradation
TiO nanowires

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Condensed Matter Physics

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