Authors:
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Imperial College London
- Investigates photo-anodes based on titanium dioxide (TiO2) that can be used to produce hydrogen by thephoto-electrochemical decomposition of water
- Considers plasmonic enhancement of TiO2 by the addition of gold nanoparticles
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 TiO2 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.
Keywords
- Plasmonic Enhancement and Elctrochemistry
- Surface Modifications of Titanium Dioxide
- Gold Nanoparticles and Elctrochemistry
- Gold Nanoparticles on Nb-doped TiO2
- Growth of Titanium Dioxide
- Photo-anodes Based on Titanium Dioxide
- Photo-electrochemical Decomposition of Water
- Photo-electrochemical Water Splitting
- Plasmonic Enhancement of TiO2
- Pulsed Laser Deposition
- Semiconductor-liquid Junctions
- Titanium Dioxide Thin Films
- Water Splitting in Photo-electrochemicals
Authors and Affiliations
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Imperial College London, United Kingdom
John Callum Alexander
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Surface Modifications and Growth of Titanium Dioxide for Photo-Electrochemical Water Splitting
Authors: John Callum Alexander
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34229-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34227-6Published: 27 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81708-8Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-34229-0Published: 21 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLI, 336
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 196 illustrations in colour
Topics: Materials Engineering, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Electrochemistry, Nanoscale Science and Technology