Abstract

Recent titanium oxide nanotube arrays have attracted attention for their applications. Titanium oxide nanotubes were prepared under potentiostat conditions (10 – 60 V) for various times (1 min – 3 hr). SEM observations revealed that the pore sizes of the nanotubes have a tendency to increase with an increase in the applied potential in the NH4F-glycerol-H2O electrolyte. Some corrosive pores were observed on the surface of titanium substrate at 40 V for 1 minute at 40°C. The pores covered the surface of the titanium substrate after 10 minutes, and some small pores were observed in the inner part of the pores, which should correspond to the combining of some small adjacent pores into a large one. The combining of the tubes were observed after 2 h and 3 h anodization times, and the nanotube arrays seem to be formed upward from the SEM side-views. The photocatalytic activity of the titanium oxide nanotubes was evaluated according to the JIS standard (JIS R 1703–2). The R factor of the titanium oxide nanotube arrays formed at 40 V and 40°C for a 3h the anodization time was 9.71 n mol/l·min, which was twice that of the titanium oxide thin film obtained by the rf-sputtering method.

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