Double-shelled plasmonic Ag-TiO{sub 2} hollow spheres toward visible light-active photocatalytic conversion of CO{sub 2} into solar fuel

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · APL Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930043· OSTI ID:22499211

Feng, Shichao; Wang, Meng; Li, Ping; Tu, Wenguang ^[1]; Zhou, Yong ^[1]; Zou, Zhigang ^[1]

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1. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)

Double-shelled hollow hybrid spheres consisting of plasmonic Ag and TiO{sub 2} nanoparticles were successfully synthesized through a simple reaction process. The analysis reveals that Ag nanoparticles were dispersed uniformly in the TiO{sub 2} nanoparticle shell. The plasmonic Ag-TiO{sub 2} hollow sphere proves to greatly enhance the photocatalytic activity toward reduction of CO{sub 2} into renewable hydrocarbon fuel (CH{sub 4}) in the presence of water vapor under visible-light irradiation. The possible formation mechanism of the hollow sphere and related plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic performance were also briefly discussed.

• OSTI ID: 22499211
• Journal Information: APL Materials, Journal Name: APL Materials Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 3; ISSN AMPADS; ISSN 2166-532X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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