"Suspended" Pt nanoparticles over TiO2 nanotubes for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution

N.T. Nguyen; J.E. Yoo; M. Altomare; P. Schmuki

doi:10.1039/c4cc04087b

"Suspended" Pt nanoparticles over TiO2 nanotubes for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution

N.T. Nguyen, J.E. Yoo, M. Altomare, P. Schmuki^*

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In the present work we introduce a technique to form a photocatalyst based on Pt nanoparticles suspended over the mouth of anodic TiO2 nanotubes. These structures are obtained by decorating the top end of highly ordered TiO2 nanotubes with a web of TiO2 nanofibrils, followed by sputter deposition of a minimum amount of Pt. A subsequent thermal dewetting step forms 3–6 nm-sized Pt nanoparticles along the nanofibrils. These structures, when compared to conventional Pt decoration techniques of TiO2 nanotubes, show strongly enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9653-9656
Journal	Chemical communications
Volume	50
Issue number	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc04087b
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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