Solution-phase synthesis of γ-In2Se3 nanoparticles for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation under simulated sunlight irradiation

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (108) ◽  
pp. 106671-106675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Yang ◽  
Cheng-Yan Xu ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Sheng-Peng Hu ◽  
Liang Zhen

Hexagonal indium selenide (In2Se3) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a hot-injection method using triethylene glycol as solvent, which have superior and stable photocatalytic hydrogen generation under simulated sunlight irradiation.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Marco Serra ◽  
Hermenegildo Garcia

Alkali digestion of titanium nanoparticles leads, after neutralization, to the formation of titanate nanotubes with long aspect ratio. One salient change in the formation of titanate nanotubes is the observation of an extended visible absorption band up to 550 nm, responsible for their brown colour. Combination of titanate nanotubes with commercial titanium dioxide nanoparticles, either Evonik P25 or Millennium PC500, results in an enhanced photocatalytic activity for hydrogen generation from water-methanol mixtures. This synergy between the two titanium semiconductors has an optimum for a certain proportion of the two components and is observed in both the absence and the presence of platinum or gold nanoparticles. The best efficiency under simulated sunlight irradiation was for a combination of 12 wt.% titanate nanotubes containing 0.32 wt.% platinum in 88 wt.% Millennium PC500, where a two-time increase in the hydrogen generation is observed versus the activity of Millennium PC500 containing platinum. This synergy is proposed to derive from the interfacial electron transfer from titanate nanotubes undergoing photoexcitation at wavelengths in which Millennium PC500 does not absorb this form of titania nanoparticles. Our results illustrate how the combination of several titanium semiconductors can result in an enhancement efficiency with respect to their individual components.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (81) ◽  
pp. 65660-65667
Author(s):  
Cheng Huang ◽  
Shi-Zhao Kang ◽  
Xiangqing Li ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Lixia Qin ◽  
...  

The nickel(ii)-ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid sensitized silicon nanowire array was prepared. The as-prepared photocatalytic system possesses high activity for photocatalytic H2 evolution under sunlight irradiation.


Author(s):  
François Morvan ◽  
Aude-Emmanuelle Navarro ◽  
Cécile Dueymes ◽  
Ilaria Adamo ◽  
Andreas Schoenberger ◽  
...  

ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (35) ◽  
pp. 123-123
Author(s):  
Young K. Yun ◽  
John A. Porco Jr. ◽  
Jeff Labadie

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changhua An ◽  
Kaibin Tang ◽  
Bin Hai ◽  
Guozhen Shen ◽  
Chunrui Wang ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Valerio ◽  
JW Perich ◽  
EA Kitas ◽  
PF Alewood ◽  
RB Johns

The PTyr (O-phosphotyrosine) pentapeptide H-Asn-Glu-Tyr(PO3H2)-Thr-Ala-OH.HO2CCF3, which is a naturally occurring sequence from the autophosphorylated Rous sarcoma virus pp60V-SrC, was prepared in high yield by the use of Boc-Tyr(PO3Me2)-OH in the Boc mode of solution-phase peptide synthesis. The protected pentapeptide, Z-Asn-Glu(OBzl)-Tyr(PO3Me2)-Thr(Bzl)-Ala-OBzl, was deprotected by a two-stage procedure which involved initial palladium-catalysed hydrogenolysis followed by the removal of the phosphate methyl groups by the use of one of the following treatments: (A) 10% bromotrimethylsilane/acetonitrile, (B) 1 M bromotrimethylsilane/thioanisole in trifluoroacetic acid, or (C) trifluoromethanesulfonic acid/trifluoroacetic acid/dimethyl sulfide/m-cresol.


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