Lee, Deok Yeon Kim, Eun-Kyung Yoon, Seog Joon Lim, Iseul Cho, Keumnam Shinde, Dipak V. Patil, Supriya A. Lee, Wonjoo Nah, Yoon-Chae Shrestha, Nabeen K. Lee, Joong Kee Han, Sung-Hwan 2024-01-20T09:31:23Z 2024-01-20T09:31:23Z 2022-01-25 2014-07 2046-2069 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/126607 The present work demonstrates a facile, low cost and environmentally friendly technique for carburization of TiO2 nanotubes. XRD and XPS investigations suggest that the anodically grown self-organized TiO2 nanotubes when annealed in an argon filled steel nut-bolt cavity working as an autogenic pressure reactor undergo carburization at 650 degrees C, which converts TiO2 into TiOyCz. TEM-SAED suggests that the carburized nanotubes are polycrystalline, and also contain some reduced oxides of titanium. The conductivity measurement of the carburized nanotubes shows their conductivity to be close to metals. The electrochemical investigation of the carburized nanotubes demonstrates that the material can be used as a conductive electrode material for electrochemical reactions. English ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY A facile approach for carburization of anodically grown titania nanotubes: towards metallization of nanotubes Article 10.1039/c4ra05690f 1 RSC ADVANCES, v.4, no.62, pp.32599 - 32604 RSC ADVANCES 4 62 32599 32604 N scie scopus 000341083400002 2-s2.0-84905748785 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry Article TIO2 NANOTUBES CARBOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS ARRAYS CARBIDE ANATASE ANODE