Exceptional enhancement of H2 production in alkaline environment over plasmonic Au/TiO2 photocatalyst under visible light

A reaction environment modulation strategy was employed to promote the H2 production over plasmonic Au/semiconductor composites. It is shown that the fast consumption of the holes in plasmonic Au nanoparticles by methanol in alkaline reaction environment remarkably increases H2 generation rate under...

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Main Authors: Xianguang Meng, Qing Yu, Tao Wang, Guigao Liu, Kun Chang, Peng Li, Lequan Liu, Jinhua Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2015-10-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4921783