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Journal of Materials Chemistry was published between 1991 and 2012. From issue 1, 2013, it was replaced by three new journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C
Unique quasi-core-shell nanorod arrays of TiO2/WO3 and WO3/TiO2 are fabricated on indiumtin oxide coated glass substrates by dynamic shadowing growth using glancing angle deposition. The resulting heterostructures are characterized by X-Ray diffraction, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and photoelectrochemical measurements. The incident-photon-to-current-efficiency and absorbance measurements show that the TiO2-core/WO3-shell structures have a distinct photoresponse in the UV range, with wavelength λ ≤ 400 nm, while the WO3-core/TiO2-shell structures show stronger visible light absorption and photocurrent out to λ 600 nm. Mott-Schottky measurements give a flat-band potential of −0.28 V, a carrier density of 1.47 × 1020 cm−3, and a space charge layer of 100 nm for the WO3-core/TiO2-shell samples. These results suggest that the quasi-core-shell nanorods preserves the optical properties and water splitting performance of the core while the surface properties such as the flat band potential of the nanorods are modified by the shell. This approach affords a simple and powerful method for designing nanostructures with improved photoelectrochemical properties.
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