Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Activity by Constructing a Robust Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material Based Fulvalene and TiO₂.

ABSTRACT: A novel redox-active organic-inorganic hybrid material (denoted as H₄TTFTB-TiO₂) based on tetrathiafulvalene derivatives and titanium dioxide with a micro/mesoporous nanomaterial structure has been synthesized via a facile sol-gel method. In this study, tetrathiafulvalene-3,4,5,6-tetrakis(4-benzoic acid) (H₄TTFTB) is an ideal electron-rich organic material and has been introduced into TiO₂ for promoting photocatalytic H₂ production under visible light irradiation. Notably, the optimized composites demonstrate remarkably enhanced photocatalytic H₂ evolution performance with a maximum H₂ evolution rate of 1452 μmol g^-1 h^-1, which is much higher than the prototypical counterparts, the common dye

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9182102 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature