John Alexander

Surface Modifications and Growth of Titanium Dioxide for Photo-Electrochemical Water Splitting

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This outstanding thesis provides a wide-ranging overview of the growth of titanium dioxide thin films and its use in photo-electrochemicals such as water splitting. The context for water splitting is introduced with the theory of semiconductor-liquid junctions, which are dealt with in detail. In particular plasmonic enhancement of TiO 2 by the addition of gold nanoparticles is considered in depth, including a thorough and critical review of the literature, which discusses the possible mechanisms that may be at work. Plasmonic enhancement is demonstrated with gold nanoparticles on Nb-doped TiO2. Finally, the use of temperature and pressure to control the phase and morphology of thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition is presented.

Produktdetails

• Springer Theses
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-34227-6
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9783319342276
• ISBN-10: 3319342274
• Artikelnr.: 44806551

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Literature Review.- Principles of Photo-electrochemical Cells.- Experimental Methods.- Results: Plasmonic Photocurrent with AuNP-TiO2.- Electrochemistry of TiO2 - Rutile (110).- TiO2 Thin Films on Fused Silica.- Epitaxial TiO2 Thin Films on Single Crystal Substrates.- Conclusions.