Increasing unsaturated Se number and facilitating atomic hydrogen adsorption of WSe<sub>2+<i>x</i></sub> nanodots for improving photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> production of TiO<sub>2</sub>
Duoduo Gao, Wei Zhong, Xuefei Wang, Feng Chen, Huogen Yu
Abstract
A versatile tactic of unsaturated selenium-enrichment regulation is developed, which can not only increase the active Se number, but also reinforce the weak Se–H ads bonds via constructing electron-poor Se (2− δ )− active sites.
Topics & Concepts
NanodotPhotocatalysisSeleniumAdsorptionChemistryHydrogen productionHydrogenNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryMaterials scienceCatalysisRadiochemistryChemical engineeringPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPerovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and Applications