Self-Cleaning Glass of Photocatalytic Anatase TiO(2)@Carbon Nanotubes Thin Film by Polymer-Assisted Approach

Due to the good photocatalytic activity, the TiO(2)@CNTs thin film is highly desirable to apply to the self-cleaning glass for green intelligent building. Here, the TiO(2)@CNTs thin film has been successfully achieved by polymer-assisted approach of an aqueous chemical solution method. The polymer, polyethylenimine, aims to combine the Ti(4+) with CNTs for film formation of TiO(2)@CNTs. The resultant thin film was uniform, highly transparent, and super-hydrophilic. Owing to fast electron transport and effectively hindering electron-hole recombination, the TiO(2)@CNTs thin film has nearly twofold photocatalytic performance than pure TiO(2). The TiO(2)@CNTs thin films show a good application for self-cleaning glasses. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s11671-016-1674-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.