In-situ plasma hydrogenated TiO2 thin films for enhanced photoelectrochemical properties

被引：34

作者：

Singh, Aadesh P. ^{[1
]}

Kodan, Nisha ^{[1
]}

Mehta, Bodh R. ^{[1
]}

Dey, Avishek ^{[2
]}

Krishnamurthy, Satheesh ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Thin Film Lab, New Delhi 110016, India

[2] Open Univ, Mat Engn, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England

来源：

MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN | 2016年 / 76卷

关键词：

Thin films; Oxides; Sputtering; Catalytic properties; Optical properties; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; ANATASE TIO2; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REDUCTION; METAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; ABSORPTION; NANORODS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.12.015

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we report the effect of in-situ plasma hydrogenation of TiO2 (iH:TiO2) thin films by the incorporation of known amount of hydrogen in the Ar plasma during rf-sputter deposition of TiO2 films. As compared to pristine TiO2 films (similar to 0.43 mA/cm(2) at 0.23 V vs Ag/AgCl), hydrogenated TiO2 showed enhanced photoelectrochemical activity in terms of improved photocurrent density of similar to 1.08 mA/cm(2) (at 0.23 V vs Ag/AgCl). These results are explained in terms of reduction in band gap energy, shift in valence band maximum away from the Fermi level, improved donor density and more negative flat band potential in iH:TiO2 sample. The presence of Ti2+ states in iH:TiO2 films in addition to Ti3+ states in pristine TiO2 act as additional electronic states in the TiO2 band gap and increases the optical absorption in the visible region. This method of in-situ hydrogenation can be used as a general method for improving the properties of metal oxide thin films for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：284 / 291

页数：8

共 61 条

[21] A photoelectrochemical study of nanostructured Cd-doped titanium oxide [J].

Kumari, Saroj ;

Chaudhary, Yatendra S. ;

Agnihotry, S. A. ;

Tripathi, Chanakya ;

Verma, Amita ;

Chauhan, Diwakar ;

Shrivastav, Rohit ;

Dass, Sahab ;

Satsangi, Vibha R. .

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 2007, 32 (09) :1299-1302

[22] Intrinsic defects and their influence on the chemical and optical properties of TiO2-x films [J].

Laidani, N. ;

Cheyssac, P. ;

Perriere, J. ;

Bartali, R. ;

Gottardi, G. ;

Luciu, I. ;

Micheli, V. .

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 2010, 43 (48)

[23] Electrochemical doping of anatase TiO2 in organic electrolytes for high-performance supercapacitors and photocatalysts [J].

Li, Hui ;

Chen, Zhenhua ;

Tsang, Chun Kwan ;

Li, Zhe ;

Ran, Xiao ;

Lee, Chris ;

Nie, Biao ;

Zheng, Lingxia ;

Hung, Takfu ;

Lu, Jian ;

Pan, Bicai ;

Li, Yang Yang .

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 2014, 2 (01) :229-236

[24] New insights into the origin of visible light photocatalytic activity of nitrogen-doped and oxygen-deficient anatase TiO2 [J].

Lin, ZS ;

Orlov, A ;

Lambert, RM ;

Payne, MC .

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 2005, 109 (44) :20948-20952

[25] Growth of Oriented Single-Crystalline Rutile TiO2 Nanorods on Transparent Conducting Substrates for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells [J].

Liu, Bin ;

Aydil, Eray S. .

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2009, 131 (11) :3985-3990

[26] Green synthetic approach for Ti3+ self-doped TiO2-x nanoparticles with efficient visible light photocatalytic activity [J].

Liu, Xin ;

Gao, Shanmin ;

Xu, Hui ;

Lou, Zaizhu ;

Wang, Wenjun ;

Huang, Baibiao ;

Dai, Ying .

NANOSCALE, 2013, 5 (05) :1870-1875

[27] Hydrogenated TiO2 Nanotube Arrays for Supercapacitors [J].

Lu, Xihong ;

Wang, Gongming ;

Zhai, Teng ;

Yu, Minghao ;

Gan, Jiayong ;

Tong, Yexiang ;

Li, Yat .

NANO LETTERS, 2012, 12 (03) :1690-1696

[28] Influence of hydrogen addition to an Ar plasma on the structural properties of TiO2-x thin films deposited by RF sputtering [J].

Luciu, I. ;

Bartali, R. ;

Laidani, N. .

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 2012, 45 (34)

[29] Plasma-chemical reduction of iron oxide photoanodes for efficient solar hydrogen production [J].

Mettenboerger, Andreas ;

Singh, Trilok ;

Singh, Aadesh P. ;

Jaervi, Tommi T. ;

Moseler, Michael ;

Valldor, Martin ;

Mathur, Sanjay .

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 2014, 39 (10) :4828-4835

[30] Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 thin films by hydrogen DC plasma [J].

Mohammadizadeh, M. R. ;

Bagheri, M. ;

Aghabagheri, S. ;

Abdi, Y. .

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 2015, 350 :43-49

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 →