Hydrogen production by photocatalytic water-splitting using Cr- or Fe-doped TiO2 composite thin films photocatalyst

被引:385
作者
Dholam, R. [1 ]
Patel, N. [1 ]
Adami, M. [1 ]
Miotello, A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Trent, Dipartimento Fis, I-38100 Trento, Italy
关键词
Photocatalytic water-splitting; Hydrogen generation; Metal-doped TiO2; RF-magnetron sputtering; Sol-gel method; Visible light irradiation; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; METAL ION-IMPLANTATION; TITANIA SEMICONDUCTORS; ANATASE TIO2; TRANSITION; ENERGY; GENERATION; DIOXIDE; DOPANTS; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.011
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Cr- or Fe-ion-doped TiO2 thin films have been synthesized by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering and a sol-gel method to study hydrogen generation by photocatalytic water-splitting under visible light irradiation. The doping method, dopant concentration, charge transfer from metal dopants to TiO2, and type of dopants used for modification of TiO2 were investigated for their ability to enhance photocatalytic activity. UV-Visible spectra show that the metal-doped-TiO2 obtained by sputtering is much more efficient than that obtained by the sol-gel technique at inducing a red shift of the absorption edge in the visible light range. Low concentration metal ion doping must be done near the conducting indium tin oxide (ITO)-TiO2 interface to avoid the formation of recombination centers for photo-generated electron-hole pairs. H-2 production rate (mu mol/h) is higher for Fe-doped TiO2 (15.5 mu mol/h) than for Cr-doped TiO2 (5.3 mu mol/h) due to the ability of Fe ions to trap both electrons and holes, thus avoiding recombination, while Cr can only trap one type of charge carrier. A constant H-2 generation rate is obtained for long periods of time by all the investigated TiO2 films because of the separate evolution of H-2 and O-2 gases, thus eliminating the back-reaction effect. (C) 2009 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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