Self-ordering electrochemistry: a review on growth and functionality of TiO2 nanotubes and other self-aligned MOx structures

Among all one dimensional nanostructures other than carbon, titania nanotubes have gained increasingly more scientific interest due to a successful combination of functional material properties with a well controllable nano-architecture. For self-organized TiO(2) nanotube arrays not only the simple increase in the specific surface area but also their self-aligned nature leads to a significant enhancement of the performance when used in photoelectrochemistry, photocatalysis, dye-sensitized solar cells, or electrochromic devices. In addition to this, these ordered and size-controlled nanostructured TiO(2) surfaces also have material-specific advantages, for example in superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic and…

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