in this investigation, ag@tio2 nanocomposite was prepared by deposition of silver nanoclusters onto commercial tio2 nanoparticles (known as p25 tio2) via photodeposition technique as clean and simple photochemical route. the synthesized ag@tio2 nanocomposite was utilized in the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cell (dssc) chiefly because, compared to pure tio2, the electron affinity of ag@ti...

Urchin-like micro/nano heterostructure Au@CdS/WO3 was synthesized by using a facile photodeposition method with no need for an additional stabilizer, which can be used as an efficient all-solid Z-scheme visible-light photocatalyst for H2 generation with a high H2 evolution rate.

Octahedral anatase particles (OAPs), prepared by ultrasonication-hydrothermal reaction (US-HT), were modified with 2 wt% of gold by photodeposition. Conditions of US-HT process such as durations of US and durations of HT were varied to obtain OAPs products different by physicochemical and morphological properties. Au/OAPs samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning transmiss...

Photodeposition of Pt on the Sc-doped La5Ti2CuS5O7 (Sc-LTC) photocathode, a visible-light-responsive semiconducting oxysulfide, is accomplished in a solution containing H2PtCl6 and K2C2O4. Pt particles are selectively deposited on the top surface of rod-like Sc-LTC particles as a result of one-dimensional transfer of photogenerated electrons.

A novel TiO2 supported core-shell (Pd@Ag) bimetallic catalyst was fabricated via the sequential photodeposition method. The Ag shell effectively blocks the high coordination sites on the Pd core, and therefore pronouncedly enhances the ethylene selectivity for the catalytic hydrogenation of acetylene in excess ethylene.

Pt nanoparticles with tunable size are prepared on the entire surface of facet-engineered Cu2WS4 decahedral photocatalyst via a kinetic-controlled chemical reduction process. The {101} facets of the photocatalyst which featured photo-oxidation, are successfully activated for photoreduction by Pt. The resulting photocatalyst shows an activity nine times higher compared to that of the only {001}-...

The aim within this project was to optimise the CO oxidation over TiO2 supported gold catalysts, focusing on two different preparation methods; deposition precipitation (DP) and photodeposition (PD), using different types of TiO2 and varying the theoretical gold loading. The catalyst were characterised with TEM (size) and ICP-AES (loading). For DP catalysts, the support is important for high ac...

For the sustainable production of hydrogen by photocatalysis, the use of renewable resources such as water, organic compounds from plant biomass and earth abundant metal promoters is desired. We herein describe the previously not reported "one-pot" photoassisted synthesis of a binary metal-nitrogen promoted Cu(0)-N-TiO2 photocatalyst from a N-TiO2 precursor by photodeposition of copper directly...