Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of highly crystalline and ordered mesoporous TiO2 thin films

Abstract

Highly crystalline and ordered mesoporous TiO₂ thin films have been synthesized by stabilization of the mesostructure with confined carbon; the films exhibit 2.5% photoconversion efficiency for the water photolysis at zero-bias and Xe lamp illumination of 40 mW cm⁻².