Engineered Solution–Liquid–Solid Growth of a “Treelike” 1D/1D TiO2 Nanotube-CdSe Nanowire Heterostructure: Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Broad Spectrum of Solar Energy

Abstract The desalination and purification of sea or brackish water by utilizing solar energy are considered to be the most feasible solutions to overcome the problems of water shortage and pollution. In this study, a bifunctional Cu2-xSe-decorated hierarchical TiO2 nanotube mesh (CTNM) was designed and synthesized successfully for both solar water evaporation and photodegradation. Cu2-xSe enhances solar light absorption and solar water evaporation performance as a low-cost absorber because of its localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect. Meanwhile, the formation of the p-Cu2-xSe/n-TiO2 heterojunction improves the photodegradation performance by increasing separation and transport of photogenerated charge carriers. Hence, CTNM has a relatively high solar water evaporation conversion efficiency of 83.06% and also can photodegrade 95% of methyl orange after 3 h under 2.5 kW m−2 simulated solar irradiation, which demonstrate the extremely high utilization ratio of solar energy of CTNM.

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Amphiphobic surfaces from functionalized TiO2 nanotube arrays

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c4ra06402j ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (63) ◽

pp. 33587-33598 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Samira Farsinezhad ◽

Prashant R. Waghmare ◽

Benjamin D. Wiltshire ◽

Himani Sharma ◽

Saeid Amiri ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Broad Spectrum ◽

Tio2 Nanotube Arrays ◽

Tio2 Nanotube ◽

Nanotube Arrays

Perfluorinated monolayer-coated TiO2 nanotube surfaces are repellent to a broad spectrum of liquids, and are not only of immediate interest in anti-fouling applications but also present a platform to explore wetting and imbibition phenomena in nanostructures.

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Integrating photosystem II into a porous TiO2 nanotube network toward highly efficient photo-bioelectrochemical cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c6ta04964h ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (31) ◽

pp. 12197-12204 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Jiao Li ◽

Xiyun Feng ◽

Jinbo Fei ◽

Peng Cai ◽

Jianguo Huang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Photosystem Ii ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Solar Energy Conversion ◽

Tio2 Nanotube ◽

Porous Tio2 ◽

Highly Efficient

A photosystem II-based photoanode coupled with a porous TiO2 nanotube network is constructed for solar energy conversion into electrical power.

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V2O5 Modified TiO2 Nanotube Array Catalysts for Degradation of Crystal Violet Using Solar Energy

International Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) ◽

10.1364/n3.2013.nsa3a.37 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Chunxia Zhao ◽

Caixia Li ◽

Junshen Li ◽

Wen Chen ◽

Xiaofang Wu

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Crystal Violet ◽

Tio2 Nanotube ◽

Tio2 Nanotube Array ◽

Nanotube Array

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Synthesis and characterization of a coaxial carbon-TiO2 nanotube arrays film with spectral response from UV to NIR and its application in solar energy conversion

Electrochimica Acta ◽

10.1016/j.electacta.2019.01.175 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 301 ◽

pp. 325-331 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Guangwei Yu ◽

Xiaofei Zhang ◽

Yuanhua Sang ◽

Zhengping Wang ◽

Xiaobo Hu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Spectral Response ◽

Solar Energy Conversion ◽

Tio2 Nanotube Arrays ◽

Tio2 Nanotube ◽

Synthesis And Characterization ◽

Nanotube Arrays

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One-dimensional TiO2 nanotube array photoanode for a microfluidic all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell for solar energy storage

Catalysis Science & Technology ◽

10.1039/d0cy00342e ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (13) ◽

pp. 4352-4361

Author(s):

Yingying Lin ◽

Hao Feng ◽

Rong Chen ◽

Biao Zhang ◽

Liang An

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Titanium Foil ◽

Tio2 Nanotube ◽

Photoelectrochemical Cell ◽

Tio2 Nanotube Array ◽

Nanotube Array ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Solar Energy Storage ◽

Highly Efficient

In this work, a highly efficient TiO2 nanotube array photoanode prepared by anodizing treatment of titanium foil is developed for an all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell with a miniaturized design for solar energy storage.

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