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Fabrication and Significant Photoelectrochemical Activity of Titania Nanotubes Modified with Thin Indium Tin Oxide Film

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Ordered titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO2NTs) modified with indium tin oxide (ITO) films were obtained via magnetron sputtering, in which ITO plate was used as a target, onto the as-anodized titania support followed by the calcination process. The morphology of fabricated material with deposited oxide was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. Raman and UV–Vis spectroscopies were utilized to characterize crystalline phase and optical properties of prepared samples, whereas X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy allowed determining the binding energy of present elements. In the case of titanium, three various oxidation states were identified and also the presence of indium and tin was confirmed. The electrochemical test carried out when the sample was exposed to light allows for selection of the most photoactive material. The highest photocurrent was registered when only 5-nm ITO layer was sputtered, and it equals 256 and 133 µA cm−2 for the electrode material immersed in 0.5 M KOH and K2SO4 electrolytes, respectively, that is accordingly 3.5 and 4.4 times higher than the one observed for pristine titania. Furthermore, ITO-modified titania exhibits excellent photostability upon prolonged illumination that is of key importance for possible application in light-driven processes.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the Polish National Science Centre: Grant No. 2012/07/D/ST5/02269. Katarzyna Siuzdak was supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). Jacek Ryl gratefully acknowledges the financial support from Polish National Science Centre under Grant No. 2015/17/D/ST5/02571. Mariusz Szkoda gratefully acknowledges the financial support from Polish National Science Centre under Grant No. 2016/23/N/ST5/02071. Authors are also thankful to Ł. Macewicz for help in the preliminary research works and PhD DSc Eng. M. Gazda, Professor of Gdańsk University of Technology, for the registration of XRD spectra.

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  1. Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Fiszera 14, 80-231, Gdańsk, Poland

    Katarzyna Siuzdak & Katarzyna Grochowska

  2. Department of Chemistry and Technology of Functional Materials, Chemical Faculty, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland

    Mariusz Szkoda

  3. Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland

    Jakub Karczewski

  4. Department of Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Materials Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland

    Jacek Ryl & Kazimierz Darowicki

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Siuzdak, K., Szkoda, M., Karczewski, J. et al. Fabrication and Significant Photoelectrochemical Activity of Titania Nanotubes Modified with Thin Indium Tin Oxide Film. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 30, 1210–1220 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-017-0653-9

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