Journal Pre-proof Carbon-coated porous TiO 2 layers templated by core-shell polymer particles: Film processing and charge transfer resistance assessment Vidhyadevi Thangaraj (Conceptualization) (Validation) (Investigation) (Writing - original draft), Jennifer Dewalque (Conceptualization) (Validation) (Investigation) (Writing - original draft) (Writing - review and editing), Anthony Maho (Conceptualization) (Validation) (Investigation) (Writing - original draft) (Writing - review and editing), Gilles Spronck (Investigation), C´ edric Malherbe (Investigation) (Writing - original draft) (Writing - review and editing), Abdelhafid Aqil (Investigation) (Writing - review and editing), Rudi Cloots (Conceptualization) (Writing - review and editing) (Supervision) (Funding acquisition), Pierre Colson (Conceptualization) (Writing - review and editing) (Supervision) (Project administration) (Funding acquisition), Christine J ´ erˆ ome (Conceptualization) (Writing - review and editing) (Supervision) (Funding acquisition), Antoine Debuigne (Conceptualization) (Visualization) (Writing - review and editing) (Supervision) (Project administration) (Funding acquisition) PII: S0927-7757(20)30983-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125390 Reference: COLSUA 125390 To appear in: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Received Date: 10 June 2020 Revised Date: 16 July 2020 Accepted Date: 1 August 2020 Please cite this article as: { doi: https://doi.org/