Research Article

Photodeposition of Ag Nanocrystals onto TiO2 Nanotube Platform for Enhanced Water Splitting and Hydrogen Gas Production

Figure 1

Top-view FESEM images at magnification of 50 kX for (a) pristine DA-TiO2 NTs, (b) 0.02 M Ag/DA-TiO2, (c) 0.11 M Ag/DA-TiO2, (d) 0.2 M Ag/DA-TiO2, (e) 1.1 M Ag/DA-TiO2, and (f) size distribution histogram for the selected Ag NCs that decorated onto the surface NTs (inset spherical images in (a–e) is the cross-sectional view at magnification of 30 kX).
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