Development of Highly Functional TiO2 Thin Film Materials by a RF Magnetron Sputtering Method and Their Applications in the Production of H2 from H2O and Dye-Sensitizer-free Thin Film Solar Cells

摘要

Environmentally harmonious, clean and safe chemical technologies and processes to address pollution and climatic change are the subject of much research and discussion. Photocatalysis, in which the abundant and clean energy of sunlight could be harnessed, would be a major advance in the development of sustainable, non- hazardous and economic technologies. Development of highly functional TiO2 photocatalytic materials has been especially promising and, significantly, the photo-induced super-hydrophilic properties of TiO2 thin films for such applications as self-cleaning and anti-fogging in mirrors and windows have already being realized.