title: Very High Surface Area Mesoporous Thin Films of SrTiO3Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition and Application to Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.
abstract: Very high surface area, self-assembled, highly crystalline mesoporous SrTiO3(STO) thin films were developed for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Much improved performance of these mesoporous films compared to planar STO thin films and any other form of STO such as single crystal samples and nanostructures was demonstrated. The high performance resulted from very large surface area films and optimization of carrier concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , Cambridge, CB3 0FS United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Abhijeet L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sangle
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , New Delhi, 110016 India.
authors.forename: Simrjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering 3128, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , Cambridge, CB3 0FS United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sneha R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bajpe
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering 3128, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , New Delhi, 110016 India.
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge , Cambridge, CB3 0FS United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: MacManus-Driscoll
keywords: Pulsed laser deposition; SrTiO3; high surface area films; mesoporous crystalline thin films; photoelectrochemical water splitting; self-assembled nanocomposite films