Efficient full solar spectrum-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production on low bandgap TiO₂/conjugated polymer nanostructures.

ABSTRACT: The development of photocatalysts that can utilize the entire solar spectrum is crucial to achieving efficient solar energy conversion. The utility of the benchmark photocatalyst, TiO₂, is limited only to the UV region due to its large bandgap. Extending the light harvesting properties across the entire spectrum is paramount to enhancing solar photocatalytic performance. In this work, we developed low bandgap TiO₂/conjugated polymer nanostructures which exhibit full spectrum activity for efficient H₂ production. The highly mesoporous structure of the nanostructures together with the photosensitizing properties of the conjugated polymer enabled efficient solar light activity. The mesoporous TiO₂ nanostructures calcined at 550 °C exhibited a defect

SUBMITTER: Kutorglo EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414019 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature