Noble Metals on Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Mouths: Thermal Dewetting of Minimal Pt Co-Catalyst Loading Leads to Significantly Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Generation

Nguyen NT, Altomare M, Yoo JE, Taccardi N, Schmuki P (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Advanced Energy Materials Wiley

Book Volume: 6

Article Number: 1501926

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201501926

Abstract

A technique is introduced to strongly reduce Pt use for photocatalytic hydrogen generation from TiO2 nanotubes. By site selectively depositing thin layers of Pt only at the ``mouth'' of the nanotubes, and with a subsequent thermal dewetting step, an outstanding photocatalytic improvement with minimal amounts of cocatalyst is achieved.

Authors with CRIS profile

Nhat Truong Nguyen Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Korrosion und Oberflächentechnik) (LKO) Marco Altomare Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Korrosion und Oberflächentechnik) (LKO) Jeong Eun Yoo Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Korrosion und Oberflächentechnik) (LKO) Nicola Taccardi Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik (CRT) Patrik Schmuki Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Korrosion und Oberflächentechnik) (LKO)

Additional Organisation(s)

Exzellenz-Cluster Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM)

How to cite

APA:

Nguyen, N.T., Altomare, M., Yoo, J.E., Taccardi, N., & Schmuki, P. (2016). Noble Metals on Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Mouths: Thermal Dewetting of Minimal Pt Co-Catalyst Loading Leads to Significantly Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Generation. Advanced Energy Materials, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201501926

MLA:

Nguyen, Nhat Truong, et al. "Noble Metals on Anodic TiO2 Nanotube Mouths: Thermal Dewetting of Minimal Pt Co-Catalyst Loading Leads to Significantly Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Generation." Advanced Energy Materials 6.2 (2016).

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