Enhanced Photoactivity of Oxygen-Deficient Anatase TiO2 Sheets with Dominant {001} Facets

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Liu, Gang
Yang, Hua Gui
Wang, Xuewen
Cheng, Lina
Lu, Haofeng
Wang, Lianzhou
Lu, Gao Qing Max
Cheng, Hui-Ming
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2009
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Constructing photocatalytically favorable surface structure in synthesizing photocatalysts plays an important role in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of semiconductor photocatalysts. In this report, oxygen-deficient anatase TiO2 sheets with dominant {001} facets were synthesized via a facile one-pot hydrothermal route with solid metallic titanium diboride as precursor. In contrast to anatase TiO2 sheets with dominant {001} facets free of oxygen deficiency and surface fluorine, anatase TiO2 sheets with oxygen deficiency and surface fluorine are subject to obvious surface reconstruction as evidenced by two new Raman-active modes at 155 and 171 cm−1 and the weakened B1g mode at 397 cm−1. Further analysis based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra of Pt 4f and F 1s provided a clear evidence for the greatly strengthened interaction between Pt-loaded and TiO2 matrix as a result of a special electron-transfer process on the reconstructed surface structure of TiO2 with both oxygen deficiency and fluorine. Importantly, the reconstructed surface structure as well as the strengthened interaction between Pt-loaded and TiO2 matrix can substantially enhance the hydrogen evolution rate from photocatalytic water splitting reactions.

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Journal of Physical Chemistry C

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113

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52

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Chemical sciences

Inorganic green chemistry

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