Electronic Tuning of Metal Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production
Electronic Tuning of Metal Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production
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DOI:
10.1021/acscatal.8b03738
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发表时间:
2019-01-01
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12.9
通讯作者:
Kim, Jae-Hong
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作者:
Chu, Chiheng;Huang, Dahong;Kim, Jae-Hong
We here present an innovative approach to increase the electron density of metallic Pd nanoparticles loaded on TiO2 photo catalysts by coordinating Pd with surface-anchored organic ligands. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption near edge structure measurements confirm the negative charge on the Pd nanoparticle induced by electron donation from amine groups of the ligands. The electronically modified Pd on TiO2 exhibits unprecedentedly high photocatalytic H2O2 production from O-2 reduction. Mechanistic investigations suggest that the enhanced performance results from electronic tuning of Pd nanoparticles, leading to enhanced charge separation on the TiO2 support, improved activity of Pd nanoparticles as an oxygen reduction center, and improved selectivity for O-2 reduction to produce H2O2.