Photocatalytic methane decomposition over vertically aligned transparent TiO2 nanotube arrays

Su-il In; Morten G. Nielsen; Peter C. K. Vesborg; Yidong Hou; Billie L. Abrams; Toke R. Henriksen; Ole Hansen; Ib Chorkendorff

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Photocatalytic methane decomposition over vertically aligned transparent TiO₂nanotube arrays†

Su-il In,^a Morten G. Nielsen,^b Peter C. K. Vesborg,^b Yidong Hou,^b Billie L. Abrams,^b Toke R. Henriksen,^bc Ole Hansen^bc and Ib Chorkendorff*^b

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^a Department of Electrical Engineering, and Materials Research Institute, 217 Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

^b Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functionality, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
E-mail: ibchork@fysik.dtu.dk
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^c Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Nanotech Building 345 East, DK-2800 Kongen, Denmark

Abstract

We report here on a study of vertically aligned TiO₂ nanotube arrays grown by the one-step anodic oxidation technique and their photocatalytic performance for methane decomposition. Quantitative activity data as a function of film thickness is obtained.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC02570D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 14 Jul 2010
Accepted: 20 Dec 2010
First published: 13 Jan 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2613-2615

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Photocatalytic methane decomposition over vertically aligned transparent TiO₂ nanotube arrays

S. In, M. G. Nielsen, P. C. K. Vesborg, Y. Hou, B. L. Abrams, T. R. Henriksen, O. Hansen and I. Chorkendorff, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2613 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02570D

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