Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
181212 Electrochemistry Communications 2009 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper, anodic oxidation method was successfully employed to the direct growth of immobilized TiO2 nanowires on titanium foil in ethylene glycol electrolyte solution contained HF and water. The morphologies of the TiO2 nanowires could be tuned by changing the content of HF and water. The structures, morphologies and optical properties of TiO2 nanowires were characterized by SEM, XRD, UV–vis and PL. It was found that the nanowires originally grew from the splitting of TiO2 nanotubes. The gas phase photocatalytic activities were investigated by photodegradation of gaseous toluene under UV irradiation, and irregular TiO2 nanowires showed the best photocatalytic ability.

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