Photocatalytic water splitting by N-TiO2 on MgO (111) with exceptional quantum efficiencies at elevated temperatures

Yiyang Li; Yung-Kang Peng; Liangsheng Hu; Jianwei Zheng; Dharmalingam Prabhakaran; Simson Wu; Timothy J. Puchtler; Mo Li; Kwok-Yin Wong; Robert A. Taylor; Shik Chi Edman Tsang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12385-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Photocatalytic water splitting by N-TiO2 on MgO (111) with exceptional quantum efficiencies at elevated temperatures

Yiyang Li,
Yung-Kang Peng,
Liangsheng Hu,
Jianwei Zheng,
Dharmalingam Prabhakaran,
Simson Wu,
Timothy J. Puchtler,
Mo Li,
Kwok-Yin Wong,
Robert A. Taylor,
Shik Chi Edman Tsang

Affiliations

Yiyang Li: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Yung-Kang Peng: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Liangsheng Hu: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Jianwei Zheng: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Dharmalingam Prabhakaran: Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Simson Wu: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Timothy J. Puchtler: Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Mo Li: Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Kwok-Yin Wong: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Robert A. Taylor: Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Shik Chi Edman Tsang: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12385-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Chemical fuels, produced from light, afford an alternative to fossil fuel, but conversion materials suffer from low photon-to-fuel efficiencies. Here, authors incorporate gold/N-doped TiO2 on MgO surfaces and show enhanced photocatalytic water splitting performances at elevated temperatures.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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