A novel cost effective fabrication technique for highly preferential oriented TiO 2 nanotubes

Single crystal like TiO 2 nanotubes with preferential orientation along the [001] direction, parallel to the growth direction of nanotubes, that offer ease of charge transport much higher than reported so far, are fabricated using a cost effective two step technique. The success of this method to gr...

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Published in:Nanoscale 2015, Vol.7 (48), p.20386-20390
Main Authors: John K, Aijo, Naduvath, Johns, Mallick, Sudhanshu, Shripathi, Thoudinja, Thankamoniamma, Manju, Philip, Rachel Reena
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Single crystal like TiO 2 nanotubes with preferential orientation along the [001] direction, parallel to the growth direction of nanotubes, that offer ease of charge transport much higher than reported so far, are fabricated using a cost effective two step technique. The success of this method to grow the nanotubes with the anomalous intense [001] preferential orientation is attributed to the zinc assisted minimization of the (001) surface energy. The single crystal like TiO 2 nanotubes show superior performance as supercapacitor electrodes compared to the normal polycrystalline titanium dioxide nanotubes.
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/C5NR06328K