Synthesis of mesoporous silica-embedded TiO₂ loaded with Ag nanoparticles for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water splitting

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• 作者：Xiuli Hu 胡秀丽 ; Leqin Xiao ; Xiaoxia Jian…
• 关键词：Key wordshydrogen production ; Ag co ; catalyst ; mesopore ; silica ; embedding ; TiO2
• 刊名：Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater. Sci. Ed.
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：1
• 页码：67-75
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Materials Science, general;
• 出版者：Wuhan University of Technology
• ISSN：1993-0437
• 卷排序：32

文摘

Ag loaded mesoporous silica-embedded TiO₂ nanocomposites were successfully synthesized via two different routes, including one-pot solvothermal method and solvothermal-chemical reduction method, both using Titanium (IV) n-butoxide (Ti(OC₄H₉)₄) as a precursor, formic acid as a solvent and reducing agent, silver nitrate as a silver source and tetraethyl silicate (TEOS) as a stabilizer. The transmission electron microscopic (TEM) images showed that silica-embedded anatase TiO₂ sample exhibited approximately rhombic shape and Ag nanoparticles could be embedded into the nanocomposites or deposited on the surface with high dispersion. The N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms indicated that the silica-embedded anatase TiO₂ had obvious mesoporous structure with a BET specific surface area of 203.5 m2·g-1. All Ag loaded silica-embedded TiO₂ composites showed a higher photocatalytic H₂-generation activity from water splitting under simulative solar light irradiation than that of TiO₂ products. The maximum H₂ production rate (6.10 mmol·h-1·g-1) was obtained over 2% Ag/silica-embedded TiO₂ nanocomposites (2% Ag/MST) prepared by solvothermal-chemical reduction method, which was 20 times that achieved on the silica-embedded TiO₂ sample. The enhanced photocatalytic H₂-evolution activity of Ag loaded mesoporous silica-embedded TiO₂ nanocomposites can be attributed to the multi-function of surface Ag co-catalyst, mesoporous structure, and embedding of silica.