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H-glass supported hybrid gold nano-islands for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.13344
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2024-07-04
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Chirumamilla, Manohar
TORE-DOI
Journal
Volume
20
Issue
27
Article Number
2401131
Citation
Small 20 (27): 2401131 (2024-07-04)
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Scopus ID
Publisher
Wiley-VCH
Flat panel reactors, coated with photocatalytic materials, offer a sustainable approach for the commercial production of hydrogen (H2) with zero carbon footprint. Despite this, achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency with these reactors is still a significant challenge due to the low utilization efficiency of solar light and rapid charge recombination. Herein, hybrid gold nano-islands (HGNIs) are developed on transparent glass support to improve the STH efficiency. Plasmonic HGNIs are grown on an in-house developed active glass sheet composed of sodium aluminum phosphosilicate oxide glass (H-glass) using the thermal dewetting method at 550 °C under an ambient atmosphere. HGNIs with various oxidation states (Au0, Au+, and Au−) and multiple interfaces are obtained due to the diffusion of the elements from the glass structure, which also facilitates the lifetime of the hot electron to be ≈2.94 ps. H-glass-supported HGNIs demonstrate significant STH conversion efficiency of 0.6%, without any sacrificial agents, via water dissociation. This study unveils the specific role of H-glass-supported HGNIs in facilitating light-driven chemical conversions, offering new avenues for the development of high-performance photocatalysts in various chemical conversion reactions for large-scale commercial applications.
Subjects
glass
gold nanoisland
multiple interfaces
oxidation state
photocatalysis
DDC Class
620.5: Nanotechnology
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