scholarly journals Dye-sensitized Pt@TiO2 core–shell nanostructures for the efficient photocatalytic generation of hydrogen

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 360-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Fang ◽  
Lisha Yin ◽  
Shaowen Cao ◽  
Yusen Liao ◽  
Can Xue

Pt@TiO2 core–shell nanostructures were prepared through a hydrothermal method. The dye-sensitization of these Pt@TiO2 core–shell structures allows for a high photocatalytic activity for the generation of hydrogen from proton reduction under visible-light irradiation. When the dyes and TiO2 were co-excited through the combination of two irradiation beams with different wavelengths, a synergic effect was observed, which led to a greatly enhanced H2 generation yield. This is attributed to the rational spatial distribution of the three components (dye, TiO2, Pt), and the vectored transport of photogenerated electrons from the dye to the Pt particles via the TiO2 particle bridge.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Chaoyang Li

In this study, a mist chemical vapor deposition method was applied to create a coating of titanium dioxide particles in order to fabricate ZnO/TiO2 core–shell nanostructures. The thin layers of titanium dioxide on the zinc oxide nanorods were uniform and confirmed as pure anatase phase. The morphological, structural, optical and photoluminescence properties of the ZnO/TiO2 core–shell structures were influenced by coating time. For instance, the crystallinity of the titanium dioxide increased in accordance with an increase in the duration of the coating time. Additionally, the thickness of the titanium dioxide layer gradually increased with the coating time, resulting in an increased surface area. The transmittance of the arrayed ZnO/TiO2 core–shell structures was 65% after 15 min of coating. The obtained ZnO/TiO2 core–shell nanostructures demonstrated high potentiality to serve as photoanodes for application in dye-sensitized solar cells.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2733-2743
Author(s):  
Parisa Talebi ◽  
Harishchandra Singh ◽  
Ekta Rani ◽  
Marko Huttula ◽  
Wei Cao

Surface plasmonic resonance enabled Ni@NiO/NiCO3 core–shell nanostructures as promising photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution under visible light.


2009 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 339-344
Author(s):  
Tsugumi Hayashi ◽  
Yohei Baba ◽  
Toshiharu Taga ◽  
Shun Yokoyama ◽  
Hiroaki Suzuki ◽  
...  

Objective of study was the development of core-shell type ZnS-CdS photocatalyst with the stratified morphology. To form the stratified morphology, condition of the precursor is extremely important. For this purpose, three types of precursors, thus core-shell type, egg-shell type and uniform type, was tried to synthesize by utilizing the results of the calculation. The size of the synthesized precursor particles was about 40-100 nm. Main phase of the particle was gradually changed from ZnO (pH8.0) to Cd(OH)2 (pH9.5). Detailed analysis of the synthesized precursor was clearly demonstrated that these have the crystalline structure and each metal element was co-existed in one particle. Therefore, it could be concluded that core-shell type or uniform type precursor was successfully synthesized. Core-shell type ZnS-CdS stratified photocatalyst could be successfully synthesized by sulfurization for 1h, and it shows the high photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 152-153 ◽  
pp. 403-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz C.A. Oliveira ◽  
Henrique S. Oliveira ◽  
Giovanna Mayrink ◽  
Herman S. Mansur ◽  
Alexandra A.P. Mansur ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (34) ◽  
pp. 13392-13398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongguang Yin ◽  
Yumin Liu ◽  
Jingxiu Tang ◽  
Feifei Zhao ◽  
Zhiwen Chen ◽  
...  

The UCL intensity of dye-sensitized UCNCs excited at 820 nm is 800-folds higher than that of pure UCNCs excited at 980 nm.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjie Wang ◽  
Mengran Zhang ◽  
Binxia Zhao ◽  
Linxue Liu ◽  
Ruixuan Han ◽  
...  

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the degradation efficiency of Rhodamine B (RhB) by new photocatalytic materials. Design/methodology/approach Binary Z-scheme g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 photocatalytic material was synthesized by the one-step hydrothermal reaction. The construction of Z-scheme heterojunction led to the rapid separation of photogenerated electrons and holes, which would degrade RhB into small molecular substances to achieve the purpose of degradation. Findings It was found that Bi2WO6/25%g-C3N4 displayed the highest photocatalytic activity, which was about 1.44 and 1.34 times higher than that of pure Bi2WO6 and g-C3N4, respectively. According to the trapping experiments, the superoxide radical (·O2−) was the major active species of the RhB decomposition in Bi2WO6/g-C3N4 catalysts. Originality/value The successful synthesis of Z-scheme Bi2WO6/g-C3N4 provides new ideas and references for the design of catalysts with high photocatalytic activity, which should have wide applications in the future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1280-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaka Panda ◽  
R. Govindaraj ◽  
R. Mythili ◽  
G. Amarendra

Bismuth and iron oxides subjected to ball milling followed by controlled annealing treatments showed the formation of core–shell nanostructures with Bi2Fe4O9 as the core and a shell of BiFeO3 and Bi25FeO40 phases as deduced based on the analysis of transmission electron microscopy results.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (80) ◽  
pp. 65595-65599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Jiang ◽  
Xueying Qin ◽  
Ye Sun ◽  
Miao Yu

Au@ZnO core–shell nanostructures with increased ultraviolet photoluminescence emissions present remarkably enhanced ultraviolet photocatalytic properties, based on bidirectional electron transfer between Au and ZnO.


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