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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 49, Issue -, Pages 60-64Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2014.09.013
Keywords
Argon bombardment; TiO2 nanotubes; H2 evolution; Sub-oxide states; Photocatalysis
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- ERC
- DFG
- Erlangen DFG cluster of excellence
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In the present work, extended Argon ion bombardment was used to modify anatase TiO2 nanotube (NT) layers. In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that a high content of sub-oxide was formed (Ti3+,Ti2+ states) in the nanotube layers. These samples were tested for their ability to show open-circuit photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. We found for UV illumination (cw laser 325 nm) as well as for AM1.5 conditions, a strongly enhanced H-2 evolution activity in the absence of the usual noble metal-nanoparticle decoration. We conclude therefore that these sub-oxide states can play an important role in the activation of TiO2 nanotubes - namely as a H-2 evolution co-catalyst. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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