Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation in Coral-like TiO2 Photoanode

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of physics, Faculty of Basic Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of physics, Faculty of Basic Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The coral-like TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized on the transparent FTO conductive substrate and their photovoltaic properties investigated under illumination. Coral-like TiO2 photoanodes were synthesized using a hydrothermal method and annealed at 450 ˚C to obtain better crystallinity. Annealed coral-like TiO2 show a photocurrent enhancement of ~50% compared to pristine coral-like TiO2 without annealing using 1M Na2SO4 as electrolyte at potential of 0 V.

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