Modulating the External Facets of Functional Nanocrystals Enabled by Two-Dimensional Oxide Crystal Templates.

ABSTRACT: The nature of the external crystal facets is critical to control the (photo)catalytic properties. Two-dimensional materials can expose only one type of crystal facet among zero-dimensional (0D), one-dimensional (1D), and two-dimensional (2D) materials. Controllable tuning of the nature of the external crystal facets of 2D materials is highly desirable but very challenging. Here, we show that 2D particles with the desirable crystal facet for high-performance photocatalytic H2 generation can be obtained by using 2D metal oxide materials (i.e., nanosheets of Ca2Nb3O10 and Ti0.87O2) as templates taking consideration of the crystal configuration of 2D oxide and target compounds. We demonstrate that anatase TiO2 crystals grown on different nanosheet templates exhibit variations in photocatalytic

SUBMITTER: Yuan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5634749 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature