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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 113, Issue 24, Pages 10341-10345Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp903163u
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Materials Sciences through the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [DE-FG02-07ER46418]
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-07ER46418]
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BiNbO4 powders prepared by solid state reaction were tested for photocatalytic activity in methanol solutions under UV irradiation. When the material is tested without the presence of a Pt cocatalyst, photocatalytic activity for H-2 evolution is superior to that of TiO2. It was also found that BiNbO4 photodegrades into metallic Bi and reduced Nb oxides after use; materials were characterized by SEM, XRD, and XPS. Adding Pt to the surface of the photocatalyst increases photocatalytic activity and importantly, helps to prevent photodegradation of the oxide material. With 1 wt % Pt loading, photodegradation is essentially absent.
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