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Optimizing one-dimensional TiO2 for photocatalytic hydrogen production from a water-ethanol mixture and other electron donors
摘要: This work is focused on synthesizing and employing one-dimensional (1D) titanium dioxide (TiO2) for hydrogen (H2) production. Based on using electron donors (EDs) (ethanol, methanol, formic acid and 1,2,3 propanetriol), the increased H2 production, when compared to P25 TiO2 nanoparticles, was due to the large specific surface area (SSA) and enhanced electron mobility of 1D TiO2. The impact of the 1D TiO2 synthesis reaction conditions (temperature, NaOH concentration and the TiO2 precursor concentration) on the photocatalytic H2 production rate was evaluated using a 3-factor 3-level Box Behnken design (BBD). The BBD model demonstrated that the temperature and the NaOH concentration significantly affected the 1D TiO2 phase structure, crystal size, SSA, bandgap and the photocatalytic H2 production rate. The phase structure and crystal size of 1D TiO2 were key factors affecting the H2 production rate. 1D TiO2 containing an anatase phase with a mean crystal size of 20.1±0.2 nm was synthesized at 126oC, 15 M NaOH and 49 g·L-1 TiO2. The maximum H2 production rate of 475±12 μmol·h-1 (quantum efficiency (ε) = 20.2±0.5%) for the 1D TiO2 sample was significantly enhanced when compared to commercial TiO2 P25. The H2 production rate for the optimized 1D TiO2 was significantly enhanced by decorating the structure with Pt and Au. Hydrothermal synthesized of 1D TiO2 provided an efficient and low cost method for producing H2 from ethanol, methanol, formic acid and 1,2,3 propanetriol.
关键词: hydrogen production,hydrothermal,1D titanium dioxide,TiO2-B,anatase,photocatalyst,quantum yield
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Synthesis, characterization of TiO <sub/>2</sub> nano particles for enhancement of electron transport application in DSSC with Cu-BPCA Dye
摘要: Dye-sensitized solar cells [DSSCs] have attracted extensive attention due to their potential low cost and high energy efficiency, rendering them one of the most promising system for solar-to-energy conversion. The DSSC efficiency was enhanced by intermixing with the use of TiO2 nanoparticles which provides high surface area for accommodating the light-absorbing sensitizer and also the stable conductor for photo generated electrons. In hydrothermal method, the TiO2 nanoparticles synthesis depends on temperature. TiO2 nano particles diameter depends on different autoclaving temperature.TiO2 nanoparticles have been coated on ITO glasses by screen printing method. In this work, we have synthesized TiO2 nano particles which can provide a fast way for electron transport and reduced trapping of photo injected electrons during the path of back contact. The DSSCs were fabricated using the ruthenium dye and electrolyte (I3/I3-). The crystalline structure of TiO2 has been characterized by DLS, X-ray diffraction, SEM and TEM. The absorption spectra measured by using UV-Vis spectrometer. The IR spectrum has been recorded to know the peaks of Ti-O-Ti in powder sample. It has been found that the efficiency of DSSC was highly affected by the properties of nano particles.
关键词: Nanoparticles,Dye,DSSC,Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Europium and terbium lanthanide ions co-doping in TiO2 photoanode to synchronously improve light-harvesting and open-circuit voltage for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells
摘要: In this study, we explore the effects on the incorporation of europium (Eu3+) and terbium (Tb3+) rare-earth ions into titanium dioxide (TiO2) photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies affirm that the Eu3+ ions are arranged at the cationic locales of Ti4+ in the matrix whereas the site inhabitance was remunerated by Tb3+ ions, supporting that the anatase phase stays unaltered without generating any new deformities. Additionally, the Eu3+ ions decidedly changed the conduction band minimum of TiO2, actually, Tb3+ ions contrarily conversion because of various vacant trap states in the band gap. Besides, the photoinduced electron transfer estimations show an efficient interfacial charge transfer for co-doped TiO2 (kET = 3.1 ns) contrasted with the bare TiO2 (2.6 ns). DSSCs based on Eu3+/Tb3+ co-doped TiO2 display higher efficiency (9.11%) than those for the bare TiO2 (7.20%) and the exclusively Eu3+ (8.01%) or Tb3+ (7.10%) doped samples, which is ascribed to the joined impact of a faster electron transportation and longer electron lifetime in the co-doped TiO2 film. This work may open another approach to further improve the performance of DSSCs by Eu3+/Tb3+ co-doping technique, advancing the development of DSSCs toward commercial applications.
关键词: Co-doping process,Europium (Eu3+)/terbium (Tb3+) lanthanide ions,Stability,Photoanodes,DSSCs,Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanopowders
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Heterostructures of mesoporous TiO2 and SnO2 nanocatalyst for improved electrochemical oxidation ability of Vitamin B6 in pharmaceutical tablets
摘要: The detection of water soluble vitamins using electrochemical method is widely established in pharmaceutical quality control laboratories, and especially the recent advances in hybrid heterostructure nanomaterials has devoted to enhance the significant analytical parameters like sensitivity, selectivity and fast response time. Herein, we report the synthesis of a hybrid heterostructure comprising SnO2 nanoparticles supported mesoporous TiO2, and the obtained nanocomposite were fabricated over glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for the electrochemical oxidation of vitamin B6 in pharmaceutical tablets. The designed SnO2-TiO2/GC modified electrode exhibits well-defined oxidation peak with lowering over-potential and larger signal response compared to the pristine counterparts, and it is mainly due to the formation of abundant active surface layer offered by SnO2 cocatalyst, and thus significantly enhances the electrochemical surface area. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) measurements revealed a sharp increase in the anodic peak current upon addition of increasing concentration of vitamin B6. The analytical performance of the modified electrode displayed a wide linear range (0.1 - 31.4 μM), high selectivity, and excellent sensitivity (759.73 μA mM-1 cm-2) with low detection limit (35 nM). Thus, the resultant mesoporous hybrid nanocatalyst provides an efficient electrochemical platform for determination of various potential analytes.
关键词: electrochemical sensor,Tin oxide (SnO2) cocatalyst,mesoporous,Titanium dioxide (TiO2),Vitamin B6
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Facile graft copolymer template synthesis of mesoporous polymeric metal-organic frameworks to produce mesoporous TiO2: Promising platforms for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications
摘要: Mesoporous polymeric metal-organic frameworks (mesoporous polymeric MOFs) are prepared on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate using hydrophilic terephthalic acid as the ligands, titanium isopropoxide as polymeric MOF precursors, and amphiphilic graft copolymers (i.e., poly(vinyl chloride)-graft-poly(oxyethylene methacrylate) (PVC-g-POEM) as structure-directing agents. The hydrophilic POEM chains in amphiphilic graft copolymers interact with the hydrophilic ligands and polymeric MOF precursors. Following thermal treatment at 500 °C, mesoporous polymeric MOFs are transformed to mesoporous TiO2 with high specific surface area and crystallinity, suitable for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications. Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSSCs) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) fabricated with mesoporous TiO2 photoanodes have efficiencies of 7.45 and 8.43 % at 100 mW/cm2, which is much higher than that of ssDSSCs and DSSCs with photoanodes of conventional TiO2 (5.36 and 7.14 %), respectively. The enhanced efficiency is attributed to good interconnectivity, larger surface area, and high porosity of the mesoporous TiO2, which results in suppressed interfacial charge recombination loss, enhanced electron transport, increased dye loading, and facilitated penetration of the electrolytes. Mesoporous TiO2 shows excellent activity as a photocatalyst for the degradation of humic acid under UV light irradiation.
关键词: Photocatalyst,Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC),Metal-organic framework (MOF),Graft copolymer,Titanium dioxide (TiO2),Polymerized ionic liquid,Mesoporous
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide/Titanium Dioxide Photoanodes in Parallel
摘要: In this study, both zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods and aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) nanosheets were deposited by hydrothermal growth on ?uorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. After a photoanode was added to ZnO nanorods or AZO nanosheets, the photovoltaic conversion e?ciency (PCE) increased due to improved electron transport and enhanced dye absorption. The improvement in electron transport was veri?ed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and the increase in dye absorption was veri?ed by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. Both of these factors facilitated an increase in PCE. Parameters for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using ZnO nanorods/TiO2 and AZO nanosheets/TiO2 photoanodes were tested and the results were recorded using EIS. The results indicated that the addition of the ZnO nanorods increased the short-circuit current density (Jsc) from 9.07 mA/cm2 to 10.91 mA/cm2, the open circuit voltage (Voc) from 0.68 V to 0.70 V, and the PCE from 3.70% to 4.73%, respectively. When the DSSCs were produced in a parallel silver-grid device, the results showed that PCE could be increased from 3.67% to 4.04% due to the reduction in connection resistance.
关键词: titanium dioxide (TiO2),dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs),parallel connection,aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO)
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04
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Modeling and Optimization of the Photocatalytic Reduction of Molecular Oxygen to Hydrogen Peroxide over Titanium Dioxide
摘要: This study focuses on understanding the mechanisms for optimization of the photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production over TiO2 (Aeroxide P25). Via precise control of the reaction parameters (pH, temperature, catalyst amount, oxygen content, sacrificial electron donor and light intensity) it is possible to tune either the apparent quantum yield or the production rate. As a result of the optimization, apparent quantum yields of up to 19.8 % and production rates of up to 83 μM min-1 were obtained. We also observed a light dependent change of the reaction order and an interdependency of the light intensity and catalyst amount and developed a well-fitting kinetic model for it, which might also be applied to other reactions. Furthermore, a previously unreported inactivation of the photocatalyst in case of water oxidation is described.
关键词: titanium dioxide (TiO2),hydrogen peroxide (H2O2),oxygen reduction,catalyst inactivation,light intensity,photocatalysis
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Photoelectrochemically Active N‐Adsorbing Ultrathin TiO <sub/>2</sub> Layers for Water‐Splitting Applications Prepared by Pyrolysis of Oleic Acid on Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Surfaces under Nitrogen Environment
摘要: Highly performing photocatalytic surfaces are nowadays highly desirable in energy fields, mainly due to their applicability as photo water-splitting electrodes. One of the current challenges in this field is the production of highly controllable and efficient photoactive surfaces on many substrates. Atomic layer deposition has allowed the deposition of photoactive TiO2 layers over wide range of materials and surfaces. However, nitrogen doping of the growing layers, a highly effective way of controlling the absorption edges of photoactive surfaced, is still a challenging task. Here, the preparation of hierarchical nanostructured surfaces based on Langmuir–Schaefer and atomic layer deposition is proposed. Ultrathin TiO2 layers that are photoelectrochemically active in water splitting are prepared by a relatively low-temperature catalytic decomposition of oleic acid capping layers of iron oxide nanoparticles and the posterior nitrogen adsorption. The results evidence that simple N-adsorption is sufficient to narrow the bandgap of TiO2 layers that is equal to bandgap narrowing (0.12 eV) observed for substitutionally N-doped materials. The photocatalytic activity tests of the prepared surfaces in water-splitting applications demonstrate ≈90% increase in the activity of the N-adsorbing TiO2 layers.
关键词: Langmuir–Schaefer,magnetite (Fe3O4),photocatalysis,titanium dioxide (TiO2),atomic layer deposition (ALD)
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14