Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

111 oriented gold nanoplatelets on multilayer graphene as visible light photocatalyst for overall water splitting

  • Diego Mateo,
  • Iván Esteve-Adell,
  • Josep Albero,
  • Juan F. Sánchez Royo,
  • Ana Primo,
  • Hermenegildo Garcia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11819
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A plethora of photocatalysts have been investigated in order to obtain solar fuels but the photon-to-hydrogen molecule conversion is generally remains low. Here the authors show that 111 facet oriented gold nanoplatelets on multilayer graphene films is an active photocatalyst for overall water splitting.