Hydrogen photoproduction from ethanol-water mixtures over Au-Cu alloy nanoparticles supported on TiO2
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Abstract
Au/TiO2, Au0.75Cu0.25/TiO2, Au0.5Cu0.5/TiO2 and Au0.25Cu0.75/TiO2 photocatalysts prepared from pre-formed Au and Au-Cu alloy nanoparticles of controlled composition and size were loaded over ceramic honeycombs (2 mg cm(-2)) and tested in an optical fiber photoreactor illuminated with UV LEDs (2.6 mW cm(-2)) to continuously produce hydrogen from water and ethanol mixtures in gas phase at W/F = 4 g min L-1 and 298 K (where W is the weight of the catalyst and F is the flow rate). The photocatalytic honeycombs were characterized by high resolution transmission electron microscopy, high-angle annular dark-field imaging, energy dispersive X-ray, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The yield of hydrogen generation was Au0.75Cu0.25/TiO2 > Au0.5Cu0.5/TiO2 similar to Au/TiO2 > Au0.25Cu0.75/TiO2 >> bare TiO2, thus demonstrating that the addition of small quantities of copper to conventional TiO2-supported gold photocatalysts promotes the photocatalyic activity, likely by providing effective charge transfer between Au and Cu in the alloy nanoparticles.
CitacióBonmatí, E., Casanovas, A., Angurell, I., Llorca, J. Hydrogen photoproduction from ethanol-water mixtures over Au-Cu alloy nanoparticles supported on TiO2. "Topics in catalysis", 01 Març 2015, vol. 58, núm. 2-3, p. 77-84.
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