Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 7, 781(2020)
Highly efficient TiO2 photocatalysts (TiO2/Ag-Ag2O) co-modified by Ag as electron cocatalysts and Ag2O as interfacial catalytic active sites were synthesized via a two-step process including the initial photoinduced deposition of metallic Ag nanoparticles on the TiO2 surface (TiO2/Ag) and the following in situ oxidation of partial Ag into Ag2O by low-temperature calcination. Ag nanoparticles function as effective electron cocatalysts for the steady capture and rapid transportation of photogenerated electrons from TiO2 surface to Ag2O, while the adsorbed H+ ions from solution to Ag2O as the interfacial catalytic active sites are reduced into H2. The synergistic effect of Ag and Ag2O can accelerate the electrons transfer and promote the rapid H2-evolution reaction for enhanced photocatalytic H2-evolution performance of TiO2/Ag-Ag2O. The highest H2-evolution rate of the resultant TiO2/Ag-Ag2O calcinated at 300 ℃ reached 75.20 μmol/h, which was higher than those of the TiO2 (3.59 μmol/h) and TiO2/Ag (41.13 μmol/h) by 21.0 and 1.8 times, respectively. This study provides a new strategy for the design and synthesis of highly efficient photocatalytic H2-evolution materials.
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Ping WANG, Xinyu LI, Zhanling SHI, Haitao LI.
Category: RESEARCH PAPER
Received: Sep. 4, 2019
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Published Online: Mar. 3, 2021
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