In situ spectroelectrochemical behaviour of nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films electrode fabricated by pulsed laser deposition

Nanocrystalline titanium oxide thin films have been successfully deposited on IT0 coated glass by pulsed laser ablation of metallic Ti target in 0₃/0₂ ambient gases. The intercalation of Li ions in the anatase TiO₂ film electrode is examined by cyclic voltammetry. The electrochromic behaviour of TiO₂ electrode is investigated byin-situ visible transmittance measurement, and two absorption bands at 420 and 650 nm are observed. The absorption falling and rising in color changing with excellent revisibility is relative to the insertion and deintercalation processes of Li ion. These results suggest that nanocrystalline titanium oxide films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition exhibit excellent spectroelectrochemical property. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 29783001) and State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface of Xiamen University (1997).