TiO2 nanoparticles with superior hydrogen evolution and pollutant degradation performance
- authored by
- Masih Darbandi, Behrouz Shaabani, Jenny Schneider, Detlef Bahnemann, Peyman Gholami, Alireza Khataee, Pariya Yardani, Mir Ghasem Hosseini
- Abstract
The human life faces serious energy shortage and environmental pollution problems, therefore developing a facile and environmental friendly strategy for synthesizing nanoparticles (NPs) with improved photocatalytic activity could pave the way for different applications. In the present study, one-pot/in-situ fluorine-free synthesis process has been examined toward the solvothermal production of anatase TiO
2 nanoparticles with exposed facet orientation. This is an aim to achieve the excellent photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic performance. Most importantly addressing the global energy shortage, the synthesized TiO
2 NPs represent superior performance in photoelectrocatalytic water splitting toward hydrogen production. The overpotential required to drive the hydrogen evolution reaction was −391, −346 and −283 mV vs. Ag/AgCl for P25, cubic and truncated octahedral NPs, respectively. Additionally, TiO
2 NPs with exposed facets represent excellent photocatalytic performance toward environmental purification. As synthesized nanoparticles was examined via photocatalytic degradation of Acid Blue 5 and photocatalytic removal of NO gas. The enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic performance are associated to the effect of exposed facet orientation of final nanoparticles.
- Organisation(s)
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Institute of Technical Chemistry
- External Organisation(s)
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University of Tabriz
Saint Petersburg State University
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Volume
- 44
- Pages
- 24162-24173
- No. of pages
- 12
- ISSN
- 0360-3199
- Publication date
- 13.09.2019
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Fuel Technology, Condensed Matter Physics, Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.07.129 (Access:
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