Highly efficient mobility, separation and charge transfer in black SnO2-TiO2 structures with co-catalysts: the key step for the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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ABSTRACT: Oxygen vacancies and co-catalysts enhance photocatalytic hydrogen production by improving the charge carrier separation. Herein, the black SnO2-TiO2 structure (BST) was synthesized for the first time by two consecutive methods. First, the sol-gel nucleation method allowed TiO2 to form on the SnO2 nanoparticles, creating a strong interaction and direct contact between them. Subsequently, this structure was reduced by NaBH4 during thermal treatment, generating (Ti3+/Sn2+) states to form the BST. Then, 2 wt% of Co, Cu or Pd was impregnated onto BST. The results showed that the activity raised with the presence of Ti3+/Sn2+ states, reaching a hydrogen generation rate of 147.50 μmol g-1
SUBMITTER: Mantilla A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11332590 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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