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In this work TiO2 nanotube arrays were obtained by anodization of titanium foils in fluoride-based electrolytes, aiming their application in solar cells, due to its improved proprieties compared to TiO2 thin films or nanoparticles as a consequence of their large surface area and good electron transport. The anodization processes were performed utilizing HF and NH4F solutions with differentanodization voltages and times, in order to study the effect of these parametersin the arrays morphology and structure. The samples obtained from NH4F solutions presented better results, withnanotubes exhibiting smoother walls, enhanced length and well defined shape, due to the lower NH4F solution etching rate compared to HF solution. Therefore the NH4F solutions were also utilized to grow nanotubes on glass substrates, allowing to obtain highly oriented of nanotubes arrays. Also patterned nanotube arrays were obtained for integrated sensors and photonic crystalsapplications. However, in this work, the nanotubes were only used to manufacture the dye sensitized solar cells. Were performed solar cells with glass substrates coating by thin films of ITO and FTO, unpolished titanium foils, eletropolishedTi foils and chemical polished Ti foils. The eletropolishing and chemical polishing process was performed to obtain more uniform nanotube arrays and more efficient solar cells, with well defined J-V curve and FF of 0,5.

Produção de nanotubos de TiO2 visando sua aplicação em células solares.