TY - JOUR
T1 - Marangoni ring-templated vertically aligned ZnO nanotube arrays with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production
AU - Lee, Wei Cheat
AU - Fang, Yuanxing
AU - Kler, Rantej
AU - Canciani, Giacomo E.
AU - Draper, Thomas C.
AU - Al-Abdullah, Zainab T.Y.
AU - Alfadul, Sulaiman M.
AU - Perry, Christopher C.
AU - He, Heyong
AU - Chen, Qiao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/15
Y1 - 2015/1/15
N2 - Here we report on a novel approach for the synthesis of vertically aligned hexagonal ZnO nanotube arrays. Ring-like structures were formed on substrate using the polymer-based seeding solution through the Marangoni mechanism, guiding the growth of ZnO nanotubes with aqueous chemical bath deposition. Photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation by water splitting on a ZnO nanotube anode is about three times as efficient as that on a similar ZnO nanorod anode.
AB - Here we report on a novel approach for the synthesis of vertically aligned hexagonal ZnO nanotube arrays. Ring-like structures were formed on substrate using the polymer-based seeding solution through the Marangoni mechanism, guiding the growth of ZnO nanotubes with aqueous chemical bath deposition. Photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation by water splitting on a ZnO nanotube anode is about three times as efficient as that on a similar ZnO nanorod anode.
KW - Chemical bath deposition
KW - Hydrogen generation
KW - Marangoni mechanism
KW - Nanotube arrays
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84922563574
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/fb444053-927e-3374-ae5c-2b071e3492c4/
U2 - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.10.046
DO - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.10.046
M3 - Article
SN - 0254-0584
VL - 149
SP - 12
EP - 16
JO - Materials Chemistry and Physics
JF - Materials Chemistry and Physics
ER -