Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution over Platinum and Boron Co-doped TiO2 Photoatalysts

Abstract

In this paper, the new photocatalyst, Ptx-/TiO2-yBy was prepared by impregnation method via coupling with a inorganic water splitting system, namely, a ternary system K+,Na+/B4O72- - H2O for hydrogen evolution. The integration process of the preparation for B doping Pt/TiO2 with the significant photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in the ternary system K+,Mg2+/B4O72- - H2O and K+,Na+/B4O72- - H2O were accomplished by impregnation in situ. The photocatalyst Ptx-/TiO2-yBy synthesis and the photocatalytic hydrogen production of the isothermal solubility of the ternary system K+,Mg2+/B4O72- - H2O and K+,Na+/B4O72- - H2O at 25 ºC have been studied. Thus, the present challenge is not only to demonstrate a suitable photocatalytical system that can efficiently produce hydrogen under the borate exsited, but also research that the addition of borate to the suspensions greatly enhanced the stability of the photocatalysts over semiconductor catalysts.The results show that borate solution is a suitable for B doped TiO2 photocatalysts preparation and a novel photocatalyst Ptx-/TiO2-yBy was successfully prepared by this way. XRD and XPS characterization showed that both anatase and rutile are coexisted and the B is incorporated into the crystal of the TiO2.So the TiO2 can be denoted as TiO2-xBx. The effect of borate on the photocatalytic properties were investigated. The results showed that the amount of hydrogen evolved is enhanced by factors of 4 with the addition of H3BO3 to the ethanol/water reaction solutions. The role of boron anion does not act as a sacrificial electron donors. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.20.4.6412

Keywords

• boron
• platinum
• photocatalysts
• hydrogen evolution