Role of crystallinity on the nanomechanical and electrochemical properties of TiO2 nanotubes
By Balakrishnan Munirathinam and Lakshman Neelakantan
Published in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
2016
Abstract
In order to study the effect of annealing on the nanomechanical and electrochemical properties, TiO2 nanotubes synthesized via anodic oxidation were subjected to thermal treatment at various temperatures. Structural studies revealed that as-anodized nanotubes are amorphous, but they become crystalline when subjected to thermal treatment in air. TiO2 nanotubes annealed up to 450