Uniformly dispersed and controllable ligand-free silver-nanoparticle-decorated TiO2 nanotube arrays with enhanced photoelectrochemical behaviors

• Main Authors: Bian, Haidong, Shu, Xia, Zhang, Jianfang, Yuan, Bao, Wang, Yan, Liu, Lingjuan, Xu, Guangqing, Chen, Zhong, Wu, Yucheng
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103983; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16976
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Homogeneously dispersed silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were successfully decorated onto the surface of TiO2 nanotube arrays (TNTA) by means of an in situ photoreduction method. TNTA films as supports exhibit excellent properties to prevent agglomeration of AgNPs, and they also avoid using polymer liga...