A facile acid treatment for P25 modification with enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution-effect of Brønsted acid sites and oxygen vacancies

  • Chao Lv
  • , Xuefang Lan
  • , Fuqiang Li
  • , Lili Wang
  • , Liqi Xiao
  • , Cheng Wang
  • , Jinsheng Shi
  • , Shuguang Yu

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Abstract

Acid treated P25 catalysts (HP25-x, x represents the treatment temperature) were successfully fabricated via a simple soaking and drying process for photocatalytic H2 production. After acid treatment, a substantial number of -OH groups were obtained on the surface of HP25-60, which can act as Brønsted acid sites providing hydrogen protons for H2 generation. Besides, more oxygen vacancies and Ti3+ sites were also created on the HP25-60 surface after acid treatment, which could enhance the carrier separation and transfer efficiency by capturing more electrons and holes, respectively. The H2 production over HP25-60 reached 4853 μmol h-1 with Pt as a co-catalyst, which is 7.1 times higher than 679 μmol h-1 of bare TiO2. Three favorable factors for H2 photogeneration, i.e. Brønsted acid sites, oxygen vacancies and Ti3+ sites, can be introduced on a catalyst surface via a simple one-step acid strategy, which can be applied as a universally-applicable modification method for valence-alternative metal oxide semiconductors for enhanced H2 photogeneration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)690-699
Number of pages10
JournalCatalysis Science and Technology
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes

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