Synthesis and Photoelectrocatalytic Activity of Anodic Nanostructured TiO₂ Films

Abstract

Nanostructured titanium dioxide films were prepared by electrochemical oxidation technique, anodization voltage effect on structure morphology, optical and photoelectrocatalytic performances of the nanotubes were studied. The anodization voltage is shown to significantly affect structure of nanofilms and, accordingly, their photoelectrocatalytic activity. An active heterojunction photoanode was synthesised with electrodeposition of Cu₂O onanodized TiO₂. The anode photoelectroact ivityunder bias 1V (Ag/AgCl/3,5M KCl) is found to be 15 % higher than that of the original nanostructured TiO₂ film