TiO2 Nanotube Arrays: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Craig A. Grimes, Gopal K. Mor (auth.)1441900675, 9781441900678

TiO2 Nanotube Arrays: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications is the first book to provide an overview of this rapidly growing field. Vertically oriented, highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays are unique and easily fabricated materials with an architecture that demonstrates remarkable charge transfer as well as photocatalytic properties. This volume includes an introduction to TiO2 nanotube arrays, as well as a description of the material properties and distillation of the current research. Applications considered include gas sensing, heterojunction solar cells, water photoelectrolysis, photocatalytic CO2 reduction, as well as several biomedical applications.

Written by leading researchers in the field, TiO2 Nanotube Arrays: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications is a valuable reference for chemists, materials scientists and engineers involved with renewable energy sources, biomedical engineering, and catalysis, to cite but a few examples.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-xxvii
Fabrication of TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays by Electrochemical Anodization: Four Synthesis Generations….Pages 1-66
Material Properties of TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays: Structural, Elemental, Mechanical, Optical and Electrical….Pages 67-113
TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays: Application to Hydrogen Sensing….Pages 115-147
TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays: Application to Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting….Pages 149-216
Dye-Sensitized and Bulk-Heterojunctions Solar Cells: TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays as a Base Material….Pages 217-283
Use of TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays for Biological Applications….Pages 285-314
Conclusions and New Directions….Pages 315-345
Back Matter….Pages 347-358