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Electrochemical reduction on nanostructured TiO2 for enhanced photoelectrocatalytic oxidation

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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 329, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135162

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TiO2; Photoelectrocatalytic activity; Current doubling; Partial reduction; IPCE

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  1. National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [RGPIN 261625-13]
  2. Mitacs Accelerate Program
  3. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) through the PROMOS program

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The influence of an electrochemical treatment method was investigated for two different TiO2 nano-structured materials, anatase nanotubes (TNT) and rutile nanorods (TNR). The treatment was done by performing cyclic voltammetry in acidic media. XPS measurements revealed a shift in Ti 2p peaks, suggesting the presence of Ti3+ after the partial reduction, as well as an increased peak associated to a higher hydroxylation degree of the surface. The treatment leads to an increase in the maximum photocurrent density, confirmed from linear sweep voltammograms and photon-to-electron conversion efficiencies (IPCE). The treatment is assumed to modify the charge carrier separation kinetics by inducing partial reduction of the TiO2. A markedly increased of two and three-fold in the IPCE was obtained for the reduced TNT and TNR, respectively, up to a maximum of 77% for TNR. This electrochemical treatment represents a facile and systematic approach to modify TiO2 nanostructured electrodes to achieve enhanced photoelectrocatalytic properties, as demonstrated by the current doubling experiments with MeOH. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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