Anodic Titanium Oxide Layers Modified with Gold, Silver, and Copper Nanoparticles

Table 1

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) or photocatalytic (PC) properties of anodic materials modified with metal nanoparticles (where: DSSC dye-sensitized solar cell).

Material	Deposited metal nanoparticles	PEC or PC performance		Experimental details	Ref.
		Before deposition	After deposition
Anodic TiON nanotubes	Ag	6 mA cm^−2	14 mA cm^−2	As 1.0 V SCE in 0.1 M KOH (PEC)	[40]
Anodic TiO2 nanotubes	Cu	0.055 mA cm^−2	0.747 mA cm^−2	As 1.0 V vs. SCE in 0.1 M Na2S and 0.1 M Na2SO3 (PEC)	[41]
Anodic TiO2 nanotubes	Au	Enhancement of 20.5% in photocurrent		DSSC (PEC)	[42]
Anodic TiO2 nanotubes	Ag	9.1 mA cm^−2	12.2 mA cm^−2	DSSC (PEC)	[43]
Anodic TiO2 nanotubes	AgCu	~30 μA cm^−2	~70 μA cm^−2	0.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl/0.1 M KCl (PEC)	[44]
		12% enhancement in phenol degradation efficiency observed		60 min of UV irradiation (PC)
Anodic TiO2 nanotubes	Au	6.95 μL/6 h	217.7 μL/6 h	Photocatalytic H2 production (PC)	[45]