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A next generation of electrochemical reactor for titania nanotube synthesis needs to be designed and built wherein the temperature of the liquid electrolyte can be controlled and kept at a fixed temperature chosen by the operator. The reactor also needs to be designed so that the ambient humidity, or any other external factors, do not change the water concentration of the reactor electrolyte.

TiO2 nanotube arrays seen from the side and from above. We fabricated the nanotubes using electrochemistry and imaged them with a Scanning Electron Microscope. Due to their small diameters 1 in2 of a nanotube sample contain more than ¼ trillion nanotubes.

Project Name

Titania Nanotube Reactor

Project Number

P13601

Project Family

project family (if relevant)

Start Term

2012-1

End Term

2012-3

Faculty Guide

Neal Eckhaus, neckhaus@gmail.com

Primary Customer

Christiaan Richter, christiaan.richter@rit.edu

Sponsor (financial support)

Christiaan Richter, christiaan.richter@rit.edu

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