TY - JOUR
T1 - Titanium dioxide nanostructures for photoelectrochemical applications
AU - Shen, Shaohua
AU - Chen, Jie
AU - Wang, Meng
AU - Sheng, Xia
AU - Chen, Xiangyan
AU - Feng, Xinjian
AU - Mao, Samuel S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 51672210 , 51323011 , 51236007 ), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University ( NCET-13-0455 ), the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province ( 2014KW07-02 ), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province ( BK 20141212 ) and the Nano Research Program of Suzhou City ( ZXG201442 ). S. Shen is supported by the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of P. R. China ( 201335 ), the National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals , and the “ Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ”. S. S. Mao acknowledges the support from the Shenzhen Peacock Plan (No. 1208040050847074 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - This review comprehensively summarized the progresses in the design and modification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures as photoelectrode materials for photoelectrochemistry (PEC) applications, mainly in solar-fuel conversion. Various kinds of TiO2 nanostructures including the nanoparticulate, one-dimensional (nanowires, nanorods, nanotubes), two-dimensional (nanobelt, nanoribbon, nanosheet), three-dimensional (meso/nanoporous, branched nanostructures, etc.), and the crystal-facet tailored TiO2 nanostructures are surveyed and discussed. For each type of nanostructure, the commonly-used and effective modification strategies are reviewed followed with a deep discussion on the properties relevant to PEC performances. Moreover, the surface modification approaches (surface disordering, passivation and decoration) on TiO2 nanostructures are highlighted for developing efficient TiO2-based PEC cells. This review will serve as a good resource or guideline for researchers who are currently focusing on TiO2 materials as well as for those who are interested in versatile semiconductor-based PEC applications.
AB - This review comprehensively summarized the progresses in the design and modification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures as photoelectrode materials for photoelectrochemistry (PEC) applications, mainly in solar-fuel conversion. Various kinds of TiO2 nanostructures including the nanoparticulate, one-dimensional (nanowires, nanorods, nanotubes), two-dimensional (nanobelt, nanoribbon, nanosheet), three-dimensional (meso/nanoporous, branched nanostructures, etc.), and the crystal-facet tailored TiO2 nanostructures are surveyed and discussed. For each type of nanostructure, the commonly-used and effective modification strategies are reviewed followed with a deep discussion on the properties relevant to PEC performances. Moreover, the surface modification approaches (surface disordering, passivation and decoration) on TiO2 nanostructures are highlighted for developing efficient TiO2-based PEC cells. This review will serve as a good resource or guideline for researchers who are currently focusing on TiO2 materials as well as for those who are interested in versatile semiconductor-based PEC applications.
KW - Nanostructures
KW - Photoelectrochemical
KW - Solar fuel conversion
KW - TiO
KW - Water splitting
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.07.006
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85049994831
SN - 0079-6425
VL - 98
SP - 299
EP - 385
JO - Progress in Materials Science
JF - Progress in Materials Science
ER -