Li, Xinyong and Teng, Wei and Zhao, Qidong and Wang, Lianzhou (2011) Efficient visible light-induced photoelectrocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B by polyaniline-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 13 (12). pp. 6813-6820.
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Abstract
Self-organized anodic TiO2 nanotube arrays were sensitized with polyaniline by a simple electrodeposite method. The morphological and structural properties studied by scanning electron microscopy and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy reveal the successful deposition of polyaniline on the nanotube arrays. The polyaniline-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays exhibit a distinguishable red shift on the absorption spectrum. Electrochemical impedance investigation attested to a significant improvement of the interfacial electron-transfer kinetics for promoted electron–hole effective separation. The as-prepared samples showed a high efficiency for the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B under visible-light irradiation (λ > 400 nm). The enhanced photoelectrocatalytic activity could be attributed to the extended absorption in the visible-light region by the polyaniline and the effective separation of photogenerated carriers driven by the photoinduced potential difference generated at the polyaniline/TiO2 nanotube arrays interface.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ID Code: | 11445 |
| Deposited By: | Prof. Alexey Ivanov |
| Deposited On: | 05 Jan 2012 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2012 09:42 |
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