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Factors Affecting UV-Induced Superhydrophilic Сonversion of a TiO2 Surface. / Emeline, A.V.; Rudakova, A.V.; Sakai, M.; Murakami, T.; Fujishima, A.
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 117, No. 23, 2013, p. 12086–12092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Factors Affecting UV-Induced Superhydrophilic Сonversion of a TiO2 Surface
AU - Emeline, A.V.
AU - Rudakova, A.V.
AU - Sakai, M.
AU - Murakami, T.
AU - Fujishima, A.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present study explored the effects of several factors (wetting, light intensity, spectral variation of the actinic light, heating, and surface acidity) on the hydrophilic conversion of the surface of TiO2 nanocoatings. The experimental dependencies of the efficiencies of photoinduced hydrophilic surface conversion on the intensity and wavelength of the actinic light clearly indicate the role of electronic photoexcitation in hydrophilic surface transformation. Particularly, the maximum extrema in spectral dependence of the efficiency of photoinduced hydrophilic conversion correspond to the energies of the first indirect and first direct electronic band-to-band transitions in TiO2. At the same time, temperature dependence and the effect of the surface acidity on the hydrophilic behavior of the TiO 2 surface demonstrate the importance of the multilayer hydrate structure in both the original hydrophilicity of the surface and the direction of the photoinduced hydrophilic conversion. Estimation of the surface e
AB - The present study explored the effects of several factors (wetting, light intensity, spectral variation of the actinic light, heating, and surface acidity) on the hydrophilic conversion of the surface of TiO2 nanocoatings. The experimental dependencies of the efficiencies of photoinduced hydrophilic surface conversion on the intensity and wavelength of the actinic light clearly indicate the role of electronic photoexcitation in hydrophilic surface transformation. Particularly, the maximum extrema in spectral dependence of the efficiency of photoinduced hydrophilic conversion correspond to the energies of the first indirect and first direct electronic band-to-band transitions in TiO2. At the same time, temperature dependence and the effect of the surface acidity on the hydrophilic behavior of the TiO 2 surface demonstrate the importance of the multilayer hydrate structure in both the original hydrophilicity of the surface and the direction of the photoinduced hydrophilic conversion. Estimation of the surface e
U2 - 10.1021/jp400421v
DO - 10.1021/jp400421v
M3 - Article
VL - 117
SP - 12086
EP - 12092
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
SN - 1932-7447
IS - 23
ER -
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