Overview
- 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
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
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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