Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 120, Issue 43, Pages 25010-25022Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06854
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- CNRS [ECOS-Nord M11-P02]
- CONCERT-Japan Joint Call on Efficient Energy Storage (European Commission) [31671PB]
- COST Nanoalloys [STMS-MP0903-160314-041757]
- CONACYT (Mexico) [106437, 216315, 356872]
- Campus France
- C'Nano Ile de France
- RTRA Triangle de la Physique
- ANR project PhotoNorm
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Small gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) were used to modify the surface of titanium dioxide as visible-light absorbers and thermal redox active centers. Au-NPs were synthesized on commercial TiO2 (P25) by reduction with tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium chloride. The Au/P25 composites were characterized by different techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) was used to study the charge carrier dynamics. The photocatalytic activity of Au/TiO2 was evaluated for the degradations of phenol, 2-propanol, and acetic acid and for H-2 production from aqueous methanol solution. The modification of TiO2-P25 with Au-NPs with preferential localization on the anatase phase led to an increase in its photocatalytic activity under UV and visible-light. TRMC signals showed the injection of electrons from Au-NPs into the conduction band of TiO2 under visible-light excitation, as a result of the activation of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of the Au-NPs. The action spectra (AS) correlated with the absorption spectra, confirming that the decomposition of acetic acid occurs by a photocatalytic mechanism. The modified TiO2-P25 was also found to provide promising results for hydrogen generation under visible-light. The stability of these plasmonic photocatalysts was also investigated, and the results showed that they can be reused several times without appreciable loss of activity.
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