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Electrocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanotubular TiO2 Electrodes Thermally Treated in Air and Hydrogen

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Photoelectrochemical, structural, and electrocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes obtained by the anodization of titanium with subsequent thermal treatment in air or hydrogen were studied. The heat treatment of TiO2 nanotubes in hydrogen was found to have no effect on the morphology and phase composition of the resultant TiO2 electrodes. However, such treatment led to a high concentration of defect states in the TiO2 crystal lattice due to reductive doping accompanied by the conversion of Ti4+ to Ti3+. The rise in the defectivity diminished the overpotential for oxygen electroreduction at an electrode made from titanium dioxide nanotubes annealed in hydrogen compared to such an electrode annealed in air. In addition, annealing in hydrogen led to a significant increase in the long-wavelength photocurrent generated under visible light irradiation.

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    H. M. Maltanava, A. O. Konakov, T. V. Gaevskaya & S. K. Poznyak

  2. A. N. Sevchenko Institute of Applied Physical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

    H. M. Maltanava, N. V. Belko & M. P. Samtsov

  3. Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Oblast, Russia

    A. O. Konakov

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 90, No. 6, pp. 882–896, November–December, 2023.

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Maltanava, H.M., Konakov, A.O., Gaevskaya, T.V. et al. Electrocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanotubular TiO2 Electrodes Thermally Treated in Air and Hydrogen. J Appl Spectrosc 90, 1241–1254 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-024-01660-9

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