Effect of alcohol sacrificial agent on the performance of Cu/TiO2 photocatalysts for UV-driven hydrogen production

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作者
Chen, Wan-Ting [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Dong, Yusong [1 ]
Yadav, Pooja [1 ]
Aughterson, Robert D. [4 ,5 ]
Sun-Waterhouse, Dongxiao [1 ]
Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Auckland, Sch Chem Sci, Auckland, New Zealand
[2] MacDiarmid Inst Adv Mat & Nanotechnol, Wellington, New Zealand
[3] Dodd Walls Ctr Photon & Quantum Technol, Dunedin, New Zealand
[4] ANSTO, Inst Mat Engn, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee Dc, NSW 2232, Australia
[5] Univ Sydney, Australian Ctr Microscopy & Microanal, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
关键词
Hydrogen production; Alcohol photoreforming; TiO2; Cu; Au; SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE; H-2; PRODUCTION; AU/TIO2; PHOTOCATALYSTS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; WORK FUNCTION; TIO2; WATER; NANOPARTICLES; CUO; GENERATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117703
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
This study systematically investigates alcohol photoreforming over a 1 wt.% Cu/TiO2 photocatalyst under UV excitation (365 nm, 6.5mW cm(-2)), examining the effects of the alcohol (methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol or glycerol) and alcohol concentration (0-100 vol.%) on H-2 production rates. A 1.25 wt.% CuO/TiO2 photocatalyst, based on Evonik P25, was first synthesized. Various in-situ spectroscopic methods, including Cu K-edge XANES, UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy and EPR spectroscopy, confirmed the reduction of the supported CuO to Cu-0 during alcohol photoreforming. The 1 wt.% Cu/TiO2 photocatalyst formed in-situ demonstrated excellent activity for H-2 production, comparable to a 2 wt.% Au/TiO2 reference photocatalyst. At an alcohol concentration of 10 vol.%, H-2 production rates followed the order glycerol > ethylene glycol > methanol > ethanol. At 50 vol.%, the rates followed the order methanol > ethylene glycol > glycerol approximate to ethanol. The study highlights the potential of Cu-0 as a H-2 evolution co-catalyst.
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