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Photoelectrochemical activities and low content Nb-doping effects on one-dimensional self-ordered Nb2O5–TiO2 nanotubes

Linjuan Pei,a   Min Yang,*a   Dan Zhang,a   Lei Zhang,a   Peng Chen,b   Yanyan Songc  and  Yang Gana  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Catalysis Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P. R. China
E-mail: yangmin@hit.edu.cn
Tel: +86 451 86413708

b Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Heilongjiang University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, P. R. China

c Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, P. R. China

Abstract

Self-ordered Nb2O5–TiO2 nanotube arrays were synthesized by an anodization method from a Ti–Nb alloy. Compared with pure TiO2 nanotubes, Nb2O5–TiO2 nanotubes show enhanced surface hydrophilicity and low charge-transfer resistance. The beneficial Nb-doping effects also exhibit an improved separation efficiency, leading to higher photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic activities.

Graphical abstract: Photoelectrochemical activities and low content Nb-doping effects on one-dimensional self-ordered Nb2O5–TiO2 nanotubes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA12180E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Oct 2014
Accepted
23 Dec 2014
First published
23 Dec 2014

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 9138-9142

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Photoelectrochemical activities and low content Nb-doping effects on one-dimensional self-ordered Nb2O5–TiO2 nanotubes

L. Pei, M. Yang, D. Zhang, L. Zhang, P. Chen, Y. Song and Y. Gan, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 9138 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA12180E

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