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DearProfessorxx:

Thankyouverymuchforyourletterdatedxxxxxxxxx,andthereferees’reports.Basedonyourcommentandrequest,wehavemadeextensivemodificationontheoriginalmanuscript.Here,weattachedrevisedmanuscriptintheformatsofbothPDFandMSword,foryourapproval.Adocumentansweringeveryquestionfromtherefereeswasalsosummarizedandenclosed.

Arevisedmanuscriptwiththecorrectionsectionsredmarkedwasattachedasthesupplementalmaterialandforeasycheck/editingpurpose.

Shouldyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontactuswithouthesitate.2.Dearreviewer:Iamverygratefultoyourcommentsforthemanuscript.Accordingwithyouradvice,weamendedtherelevantpartinmanuscript.Someofyourquestionswereansweredbelow.1）2）

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Ourmanuscriptentitled,¨****¨hasbeencarefullyrevisedaccordingtoReviewers’suggestions.NowIanswerthequestionsone-by-one.

AbouttheEnglishwritingofthemanuscript,weaskfornativeEnglishspeakertorevisethepaperbeforeitwassubmittedtothemagazineandthistime.Idon’tknowwhetherithasreachedtoyourmagazine’sstandard.Thankyouverymuch.Sincerely,***AnswerstoREVIEW11.****.Answer:2.****.Answer:...AnswerstoREVIEW21.****.Answer:2.****.Answer:...

4.DearEditor:

Thankyouforyourkindletterof“”onNovember**,2005.Werevisedthemanuscriptinaccordancewiththereviewers’comments,andcarefullyproof-readthemanuscripttominimizetypographical,grammatical,andbibliographicalerrors.

Herebelowisourdescriptiononrevisionaccordingtothereviewers’comments.

PartA(Reviewer1)

1.Thereviewer’scomment:

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Theauthors’Answer:Manygrammaticalortypographicalerrorshavebeenrevised.Allthelinesandpagesindicatedaboveareintherevisedmanuscript.Thankyouandallthereviewersforthekindadvice.Sincerelyyours,***

5.DearDr.FayRiordan:

Thankyouverymuchforyourattentionandthereferee’sevaluationandcommentsonourpaperBXXXXK.Wehaverevisedthemanuscriptaccordingtoyourkindadvicesandreferee’sdetailedsuggestions.Enclosedpleasefindtheresponsestothereferees.WesincerelyhopethismanuscriptwillbefinallyacceptabletobepublishedonXXX.Thankyouverymuchforallyourhelpandlookingforwardtohearingfromyousoon.BestregardsSincerelyyours

6.Dr.XXX

PleasefindthefollowingResponsetothecommentsofreferees:

Responsetothereferee’scomments

RefereeA

Comment1:Thetitaniamaterialformedaftercalciningat450oCisnotcharacterized.XRDofthesecalcinedmaterialsshouldbeprovidedtounderstandthecrystallinityandphase.

Response:Thanksforthereferee’skindsuggestion.Accordingtohis/heradvices,X-raydiffractometryspectroscopy(XRD)ofthecalcinedTiO2filmwasgiveninSupportingInformation(FigureS1)inthisrevisedversion.ItillustratedthatthehydrothermalsynthesizedTiO2materialsaftercalciningat450oCisentireanatase,whichwasconfirmedbytheX-raydiffractometerwithCuKαradiation(RigakuD/max-2500).

Comment2:TheauthorsmuststatethemechanicalstrengthofthesematerialsaftertheremovalofPSbycalcinations.

Response:Thanksforthereferee’ssuggestion.Byascotchtapepeeltest,theTiO2filmcan’tbestrippedfromtheconductingglasssubstrate,whichindicatesthatthemechanicalstrengthofas-preparedcompositefilmisstrongenoughforthefabricationofsolarcelldevices.ThereviseddetailscanbefoundinLine165-168,page2.

RefereeB

Comment1:Themicrotubestructurewiththesizeof500-800nmcannotonlyscatterthevisiblelightintheregionof500-800nm,butalsocanscattermoreefficientlythevisiblelightintheregionbelow500nm,andcanscatternearinfraredlight.Thispointshouldbeclarifiedinthemaintext.

Response:Thanksforthereferee’skindadvice.Justlikewhattherefereesaid,themicrotubenetworkstructurecanscatternotonlyvisiblelightbutalsonearinfraredlight.WeaddedthispointinrevisedmanuscriptandthedetailedrevisioncanbefoundinLine194-205,3.

Comment2:Theydescribedthesimulatedsunlightas"one-simulating-sunlightcondition,100mWcm-2)".Butinmyopinion,itwouldbebettertousethephraselike"AMsimulatedsolarlight(100mWcm-2)".

Response:Thanksforthereferee’ssuggestion."one-simulating-sunlightcondition,100mWcm-2)"hasbeenchangedto"AMsimulatedsolarlight(100mWcm-2)"inourrevisedmanuscript.(Line217,Page3)

Comment3:Theycorrectlypointedoutthattheincreasedratioofsolarenergyconversionefficiencybythemicrotube-networkstructurewassmallerthanthatestimatedfromtheabsorptionspectra.Itisunderstandable,consideringthataTiO2porousfilmwasfilledwithsolventinadevice,whilethatforspectroscopicmeasurementsisfilledwithair.

Response:Thanksforthereferee’sgoodevaluationandkindsuggestion.Thereferee’sexplanationisverycorrect.LightabsorptionsofTiO2photoelectrodesaredifferentwhentheyarefilledwithelectrolytesandair,respectively.Itisascribedtothatapartofsolarlightwillbeabsorbedbytheelectrolytesandalsodifferentmediumintheporousfilmwillinducethe