title: Preparation of hydrogen titanate nanotube/FTO glass thin film obtained by the layer-by-layer-self assembling method for water splitting.
abstract: Hydrogen titanate nanotube (H-TiNT) particles were coated porously on a fluorine-doped tin oxide glass using the layer-by-layer self assembling method and then heat-treated at temperatures below 600 degrees C for 10 min in air. The microstructure, crystallinity, and optical absorbance of the heat-treated H-TiNT thin film were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy, respectively. Also, I-V characteristics of the fibrous H-TiNT particles in the thin film using linear cycle voltammetry under ultraviolet-A irradiation were analyzed to have a maximum current value at applied voltages with the increase in heating temperature for economic water splitting.
authors: Faculty of Nanotechnology and Advanced Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea.
authors: Hyo-Jin
authors: HJ
authors: Oh
authors: Kyung-Jong
authors: KJ
authors: Noh
authors: Hye-Kyung
authors: HK
authors: Ku
authors: Kyeong-Soon
authors: KS
authors: Park
authors: Sang-Chul
authors: SC
authors: Jung
authors: Won-Jae
authors: WJ
authors: Lee
authors: Sun-Jae
authors: SJ
authors: Kim