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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 23, 期 7, 页码 878-884出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201202141
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photocatalysis; nanostructures; electronic processes; semiconductors; structure-property relationships
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- University of Delaware
- US Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-07ER15921, DE-FG02-99ER14998]
Oxygen evolution from water is one of the key reactions for solar fuel production. Here, two nanostructured K-containing -MnO2 are synthesized: K--MnO2 nanosheets and K--MnO2 nanoparticles, both of which exhibit high catalytic activity in visible-light-driven water oxidation. The role of alkaline cations in oxygen evolution is first explored by replacing the K+ ions in the -MnO2 structure with H+ ions through proton ion exchange. H--MnO2 catalysts with a similar morphology and crystal structure exhibit activities per surface site approximately one order of magnitude lower than that of K--MnO2, although both nanostructured H--MnO2 catalysts have much larger BrunauerEmmettTeller (BET) surface areas. Such a low turnover frequency (TOF) per surface Mn atom might be due to the fact that the Ru2+(bpy)3 sensitizer is too large to access the additional surface area created during proton exchange. Also, a prepared Na-containing -MnO2 material with an identical crystal structure exhibits a TOF similar to that of the K-containing -MnO2, suggesting that the alkaline cations are not directly involved in catalytic water oxidation, but instead stabilize the layered structure of the -MnO2.
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