نبذة مختصرة : The present work reports synthesis of titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films deposited from ethanolic titanium diisopropoxide bis-acetyl acetonate precursor solution by using spray pyrolysis technique. The deposition of films were carried out on both amorphous and fluorine doped tin oxide (F:SnO2) glasses. The effect of film thickness on photoelectrochemical, structural, morphological and optical properties of TiO2 thin films was studied. The photoelectrochemical performance showed highest short circuit current and open circuit voltage at the optimized thickness of the film of 0.921 μm. X-ray diffraction study revealed that the films are polycrystalline, and exhibit anatase phase having tetragonal crystal structure. The TiO2 electrodes deposited on fluorine-doped substrates were further used in the photoelectrochemical degradation of pollutants such as Methylene blue dye and benzoic acid. The degradation efficiencies were found to be 76 and 55% for the dye and benzoic acid, respectively.
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