title: Enabling higher photoelectrochemical efficiency of TiO2via controlled formation of a disordered shell: an alternative to the hydrogenation process.
abstract: A simple one-step and low-temperature process was developed to form an amorphous overlayer on the crystalline TiO2 film by atomic layer deposition. This composite structure is beneficial for improved photoelectrochemical efficiency since the as-deposited amorphous layer showed unique properties such as local disorder and presence of oxygen vacancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. tpperng@mx.nthu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Vitaly
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gurylev
authors.forename: Mrinalini
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Chung-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Tsong-Pyng
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Perng