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Surface engineering of mesoporous anatase titanium dioxide nanotubes for rapid spatial charge separation on horizontal-vertical dimensions and efficient solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Journal

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 586, Issue -, Pages 75-83

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.071

Keywords

Mesoporous anatase TiO2; Surface defects; Nanotubes; Charge separation; Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21871078, 51672073]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province [JQ2019B001]
  3. Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team Project of Heilongjiang Province [RCYJTD201803]
  4. Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program

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One-dimensional mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanotubes with engineered surface defects were fabricated using a solvothermal synthesis and high-temperature surface hydrogenation strategy, resulting in a significant decrease in bandgap and enhanced photoresponse to visible-light region. The defective nanotubes exhibited excellent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate due to efficient spatial charge separation and abundant surface active sites.
The low charge separation efficiency and sunlight utilisation of traditional titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticle photocatalysts greatly limit their applications. Herein, one-dimensional (1D) mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanotubes with engineered surface defects are fabricated using a combination of simple solvothermal synthesis and high-temperature surface hydrogenation strategy. The obtained mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanotubes with mesopores in the nanotube walls and a specific surface area of 110 m(2) g(-1) decrease the bandgap from 3.18 to 2.98 eV, enhancing the photoresponse to the visible-light region of the solar spectrum. The defective mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanotubes exhibited an excellent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 9.8 mmol h(-1) g(-1), which is approximately 2.5 times higher than that of the pristine anatase TiO2 nanotubes. This can be ascribed to the engineered surface defects and 1D mesoporous nanotube structure favouring efficient spatial charge separation on the horizontal-vertical dimensions, enabling visible-light absorption and exposing abundant surface active sites. This study provides a facile and feasible strategy for the fabrication of high-performance 1D mesostructured semiconductor oxide photocatalysts for efficient solar energy conversion. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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