Titania Composites with 2 D Transition Metal Carbides as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production under Visible-Light Irradiation
Abstract
Abstract MXenes, a family of two‐dimensional transition‐metal carbides, were successfully demonstrated as co‐catalysts with rutile TiO 2 for visible‐light‐induced solar hydrogen production from water splitting. The physicochemical properties of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene coupled with TiO 2 were investigated by a variety of characterization techniques. The effect of the Ti 3 C 2 T x loading on the photocatalytic performance of the TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x composites was elucidated. With an optimized Ti 3 C 2 T x content of 5 wt %, the TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x composite shows a 400 % enhancement in the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction compared with that of pure rutile TiO 2 . We also expanded our exploration to other MXenes (Nb 2 CT x and Ti 2 CT x ) as co‐catalysts coupled with TiO 2 , and these materials also exhibited enhanced hydrogen production. These results manifest the generality of MXenes as effective co‐catalysts for solar hydrogen production.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Materials Science Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
- Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1257896
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1401437
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ChemSusChem
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc Europe
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Wang, Hui, Peng, Rui, Hood, Zachary D., Naguib, Michael, Adhikari, Shiba P., and Wu, Zili. Titania Composites with 2 D Transition Metal Carbides as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production under Visible-Light Irradiation. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/cssc.201600165.
Wang, Hui, Peng, Rui, Hood, Zachary D., Naguib, Michael, Adhikari, Shiba P., & Wu, Zili. Titania Composites with 2 D Transition Metal Carbides as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production under Visible-Light Irradiation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600165
Wang, Hui, Peng, Rui, Hood, Zachary D., Naguib, Michael, Adhikari, Shiba P., and Wu, Zili. Tue .
"Titania Composites with 2 D Transition Metal Carbides as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production under Visible-Light Irradiation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600165. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257896.
@article{osti_1257896,
title = {Titania Composites with 2 D Transition Metal Carbides as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production under Visible-Light Irradiation},
author = {Wang, Hui and Peng, Rui and Hood, Zachary D. and Naguib, Michael and Adhikari, Shiba P. and Wu, Zili},
abstractNote = {Abstract MXenes, a family of two‐dimensional transition‐metal carbides, were successfully demonstrated as co‐catalysts with rutile TiO 2 for visible‐light‐induced solar hydrogen production from water splitting. The physicochemical properties of Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene coupled with TiO 2 were investigated by a variety of characterization techniques. The effect of the Ti 3 C 2 T x loading on the photocatalytic performance of the TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x composites was elucidated. With an optimized Ti 3 C 2 T x content of 5 wt %, the TiO 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x composite shows a 400 % enhancement in the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction compared with that of pure rutile TiO 2 . We also expanded our exploration to other MXenes (Nb 2 CT x and Ti 2 CT x ) as co‐catalysts coupled with TiO 2 , and these materials also exhibited enhanced hydrogen production. These results manifest the generality of MXenes as effective co‐catalysts for solar hydrogen production.},
doi = {10.1002/cssc.201600165},
journal = {ChemSusChem},
number = 12,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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