The invention relates to a method for electrochemically depositing silver nanoparticles in a
titanium dioxide
nanotube array. The method comprises the following steps: (a)
titanium sheet pretreatment: removing oil
stain and impurities on the surface of a
titanium sheet, burnishing the surface of the titanium sheet, carrying out
polishing treatment, cleaning, and
drying for later use; (b) preparing a TiO2
nanotube array on the surface of the titanium sheet by virtue of an
anodic oxidation method; (c) deposition of silver nanoparticles: cleaning the titanium sheet on which the
titanium dioxide nanotube array is formed on the surface for removing the impurities, then dipping the titanium sheet into mixed liquid of Ag
ion-containing
ethanol and water, connecting the titanium sheet to a
cathode of a power supply, applying a
voltage between the titanium sheet processed in the step (a) as an
anode and the
cathode, and electrochemically depositing silver; and (d) sample treatment: cleaning the sample prepared in the step (c),
drying, and calcining. By virtue of the method,
Ag nanoparticles can be deposited into a nanotube, so that the SPR effect of the silver nanoparticles can be effectively enhanced, and the photocatalytic performance of the TiO2
nanotube array can be further improved.