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Title: Method for synthesis of titanium dioxide nanotubes using ionic liquids

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1108958

The invention is directed to a method for producing titanium dioxide nanotubes, the method comprising anodizing titanium metal in contact with an electrolytic medium containing an ionic liquid. The invention is also directed to the resulting titanium dioxide nanotubes, as well as devices incorporating the nanotubes, such as photovoltaic devices, hydrogen generation devices, and hydrogen detection devices.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
8,585,886
Application Number:
13/425,540
OSTI ID:
1108958
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Titanium oxide nanotube arrays prepared by anodic oxidation journal December 2001
Application of Highly Ordered TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays in Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells journal May 2008
Method of fabricating nanostructured materials patent May 2004
Synthesis and application of highly ordered arrays of TiO2 nanotubes journal January 2007
Nanostructured titanium oxide material and its synthesis procedure patent-application April 2006
Smooth Anodic TiO2 Nanotubes journal November 2005
Electrochemical synthesis of self-organized TiO2 nanotubular structures using an ionic liquid (BMIM-BF4) journal December 2008

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