100-Fold Enhancement of Charge Transport in Uniaxially Oriented Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Films
Abstract
Mesoporous semiconductor films are of considerable interest for applications in photoelectrochemical devices, however, despite intensive research till now, their charge transport properties remain significantly lower than their single-crystal counterparts. Herein, we report a novel low-temperature template-free technique for growing high surface area mesoporous anatase TiO2 films with a preferred [001] crystalline-orientation on FTO-coated glass substrate. Compared to mesoporous films that comprised of randomly oriented crystallites, the uniaxial orientation enables a 100-fold increase in the rate of electron transport. The uniaxially oriented mesoporous anatase TiO2 films exhibit should greatly facilitate the development and application of photoelectrochemical and electrochemical devices.
- Authors:
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- Soochow Univ., Suzhou (China)
- Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1414066
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-70673
Journal ID: ISSN 0947-6539; TRN: US1800614
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Chemistry - A European Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0947-6539
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc Europe
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; charge carrier; charge transport dynamics; photoelectronic systems; semiconductors; surface area
Citation Formats
Li, Ke, Liu, Jie, Sheng, Xia, Chen, Liping, Xu, Tao, Zhu, Kai, and Feng, Xinjian. 100-Fold Enhancement of Charge Transport in Uniaxially Oriented Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Films. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/chem.201704944.
Li, Ke, Liu, Jie, Sheng, Xia, Chen, Liping, Xu, Tao, Zhu, Kai, & Feng, Xinjian. 100-Fold Enhancement of Charge Transport in Uniaxially Oriented Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704944
Li, Ke, Liu, Jie, Sheng, Xia, Chen, Liping, Xu, Tao, Zhu, Kai, and Feng, Xinjian. Mon .
"100-Fold Enhancement of Charge Transport in Uniaxially Oriented Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704944. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1414066.
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title = {100-Fold Enhancement of Charge Transport in Uniaxially Oriented Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Films},
author = {Li, Ke and Liu, Jie and Sheng, Xia and Chen, Liping and Xu, Tao and Zhu, Kai and Feng, Xinjian},
abstractNote = {Mesoporous semiconductor films are of considerable interest for applications in photoelectrochemical devices, however, despite intensive research till now, their charge transport properties remain significantly lower than their single-crystal counterparts. Herein, we report a novel low-temperature template-free technique for growing high surface area mesoporous anatase TiO2 films with a preferred [001] crystalline-orientation on FTO-coated glass substrate. Compared to mesoporous films that comprised of randomly oriented crystallites, the uniaxial orientation enables a 100-fold increase in the rate of electron transport. The uniaxially oriented mesoporous anatase TiO2 films exhibit should greatly facilitate the development and application of photoelectrochemical and electrochemical devices.},
doi = {10.1002/chem.201704944},
journal = {Chemistry - A European Journal},
number = 1,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2017}
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