Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 156, Issue -, Pages 116-121Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.03.027
Keywords
Photocatalysis; Surface plasmon resonance (SPR); Titanium dioxide (TiO2); Stearic acid; Visible light; Gold; Silver
Funding
- Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO)
- Flemish Government
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Adaptation of the photoresponse of anatase TiO2 to match the solar spectrum is an important scientific challenge. Modification of TiO2 with noble metal nanoparticles displaying surface plasmon resonance effects is one of the promising approaches. Surface plasmon resonance typically depends on chemical composition, size, shape and spatial organization of the metal nanoparticles in contact with TiO2. AuxAg(1-x) alloy nanoparticles display strong composition-dependent surface plasmon resonance in the visible light region of the spectrum. In this work, a general strategy is presented to prepare plasmonic TiO2-based photocatalysts with a visible light response that can be accurately tuned over a broad range of the spectrum. The application as self-cleaning material toward the degradation of stearic acid is demonstrated for a plasmonicTiO(2) photocatalyst displaying visible light photoactivity at the intensity maximum of solar light around 490 nm. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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