PMID- 20356197
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100518
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1944-8244 (Print)
IS  - 1944-8244 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Feb
TI  - Transparent, well-aligned TiO(2) nanotube arrays with controllable dimensions on 
      glass substrates for photocatalytic applications.
PG  - 498-503
LID - 10.1021/am900726k [doi]
AB  - Transparent, well-aligned TiO(2) nanotube arrays (NTAs) with controllable 
      dimensions are grown on glass substrates via atomic layer deposition (ALD) of 
      TiO(2) onto free-standing porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates. Photodegradation 
      of aqueous methylene blue (MB) solution and solid stearic acid (SA) film using 
      TiO(2) NTAs of various wall thicknesses are investigated. The Pd functionalized 
      TiO(2) NTAs, with a wall thickness of 15 nm and height of 200 nm, has the highest 
      photodegradation efficiency at 76% after 4 h of UV irradiation. These 
      functionalized NTAs are able to photodegrade MB molecules completely as no 
      obvious demethylated byproducts are observed during the process. It also 
      demonstrates excellent photocatalytic activity for solid contaminants such as SA 
      film. By using the ALD technique, the nanotube wall thickness can be precisely 
      controlled so that it is sufficiently thin to be transparent while sufficiently 
      thick for excellent photocatalytic performances. The transparent TiO(2) NTAs on 
      glass substrates with excellent photocatalytic properties might have potential 
      applications in self-cleaning coating, transparent electronics, and solar cells.
FAU - Tan, Lee Kheng
AU  - Tan LK
AD  - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore.
FAU - Kumar, Manippady K
AU  - Kumar MK
FAU - An, Wen Wen
AU  - An WW
FAU - Gao, Han
AU  - Gao H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
JT  - ACS applied materials & interfaces
JID - 101504991
RN  - 15FIX9V2JP (titanium dioxide)
RN  - D1JT611TNE (Titanium)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adsorption
MH  - Catalysis/radiation effects
MH  - Glass/*chemistry
MH  - Light
MH  - Materials Testing
MH  - Nanotechnology/methods
MH  - Nanotubes/*chemistry/radiation effects/*ultrastructure
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - Photochemistry/*methods
MH  - Titanium/*chemistry/radiation effects
EDAT- 2010/04/02 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/19 06:00
CRDT- 2010/04/02 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/am900726k [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2010 Feb;2(2):498-503. doi: 10.1021/am900726k.