title: Self-Cleaning Glass of Photocatalytic Anatase TiO2@Carbon Nanotubes Thin Film by Polymer-Assisted Approach.
abstract: Due to the good photocatalytic activity, the TiO2@CNTs thin film is highly desirable to apply to the self-cleaning glass for green intelligent building. Here, the TiO2@CNTs thin film has been successfully achieved by polymer-assisted approach of an aqueous chemical solution method. The polymer, polyethylenimine, aims to combine the Ti4+with CNTs for film formation of TiO2@CNTs. The resultant thin film was uniform, highly transparent, and super-hydrophilic. Owing to fast electron transport and effectively hindering electron-hole recombination, the TiO2@CNTs thin film has nearly twofold photocatalytic performance than pure TiO2. The TiO2@CNTs thin films show a good application for self-cleaning glasses.
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yingjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yinghui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China. zouguifu@suda.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guifu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zou
keywords: CNTs; Photocatalysis; Polymer-assisted approach; Self-cleaning; TiO2