A study on photo-generated charges property in highly ordered TiO 2 nanotube arrays

  • Yu Zhang
  • , Dejun Wang
  • , Shan Pang
  • , Yanhong Lin
  • , Tengfei Jiang
  • , Tengfeng Xie*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this study TiO 2 nanotube arrays were fabricated by potentiostatic anodization of titanium sheet. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) image indicated the TiO 2 nanotube arrays were of pure anatase form and highly ordered. The properties of the photo-generated charges in the nanotube arrays were investigated by transient photovoltage (TPV) technique and surface photovoltage (SPV) technique based on lock-in amplifier with dc bias, in comparison with the commercial powder derived film. The separation processes of the photo-induced charges in the system of TiO 2 nanotubes on Ti have been demonstrated to be correlated with the incident light intensity, surface trapping states, and the interfacial electric field between Ti and TiO 2 . The results also show that the highly ordered nanotube film could generate much stronger SPV responses under external electric field than the commercial powder derived film.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7217-7221
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume256
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Photo-generated charge
  • Surface photovoltage
  • Titania nanotube array

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