Photocatalytic H2 Evolution Using Different Commercial TiO2 Catalysts Deposited with Finely Size-Tailored Au Nanoparticles: Critical Dependence on Au Particle Size

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Péter Pusztai¹  Zoltán Kónya¹  Teodora Radu²  Ákos Kmetykó³  Klára Hernádi³  Károly Mogyorósi³  András Dombi³ 

[1] Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich tér 1.,H-6720 Szeged, Hungary;

[2] Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, M. Kogălniceanu 1, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;

[3] Research Group of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Szeged,Tisza L. krt. 103., H-6720 Szeged, Hungary;

关键词: TiO2;    H2 evolution;    Au nanoparticle;    size-dependent activity;    oxalic acid;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma7127615

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

One weight percent of differently sized Au nanoparticles were deposited on two commercially available TiO2 photocatalysts: Aeroxide P25 and Kronos Vlp7000. The primary objective was to investigate the influence of the noble metal particle size and the deposition method on the photocatalytic activity. The developed synthesis method involves a simple approach for the preparation of finely-tuned Au particles through variation of the concentration of the stabilizing agent. Au was deposited on the TiO2 surface by photo- or chemical reduction, using trisodium citrate as a size-tailoring agent. The Au-TiO2 composites were synthetized by in situ reduction or by mixing the titania suspension with a previously prepared gold sol. The H2 production activities of the samples were studied in aqueous TiO2 suspensions irradiated with near-UV light in the absence of dissolved O2, with oxalic acid or methanol as the sacrificial agent. The H2 evolution rates proved to be strongly dependent on Au particle size: the highest H2 production rate was achieved when the Au particles measured ~6 nm.

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