Surface-bound sacrificial electron donors in promoting photocatalytic reduction on titania nanocrystals

Feng, Ji; Yang, Fan; Ye, Yifan; Wang, Wenshou; Yao, Xiaxi; Fan, Qingsong; Liu, Luntao; Aleisa, Rashed M.; Guo, Jinghua; Yin, Yadong

doi:10.1039/c9nr05453g

Surface-bound sacrificial electron donors in promoting photocatalytic reduction on titania nanocrystals

Journal Article · Thu Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr05453g· OSTI ID:1777945

Feng, Ji ^[1]; Yang, Fan ^[1]; Ye, Yifan ^[2]; Wang, Wenshou ^[3]; ^[4]; Fan, Qingsong ^[1]; Liu, Luntao ^[3]; Aleisa, Rashed M. ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[1]

Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Shandong Univ., Jinan (China)
Changshu Institute of Technology (China)

Titania nanocrystals have been investigated for fast color switching through photocatalytic reduction of dyes and hexacyanometalate pigments. Here we reveal that direct binding of sacrificial electron donors (SEDs) to the surface of titania nanocrystals can significantly promote the charge transfer rate by more efficiently scavenging photogenerated holes and releasing more photogenerated electrons for reduction reactions. Using diethylene glycol (DEG) as an example, we show that its binding to the nanoparticle surface, which can be achieved either during or after the nanoparticle formation, greatly enhances the photocatalytic reduction in comparison with the case where free DEG molecules are simply added as external SEDs.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1777945

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 41 Vol. 11; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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