An unexplored role of the CrO<sub><i>x</i></sub> shell in an elaborated Rh/CrO<sub><i>x</i></sub> core–shell cocatalyst for photocatalytic water splitting: a selective electron transport pathway from semiconductors to core metals, boosting charge separation and H<sub>2</sub> evolution
Tetsu Kotani, Kanta Ogawa, Hajime Suzuki, Kosaku Kato, Osamu Tomita, Akira Yamakata, Ryu Abe
Abstract
In a Rh/CrO x core–shell cocatalyst for water-splitting photocatalysts, CrO x serves as an electron pathway, transfers the photoexcited electrons from photocatalysts to Rh (reduction site), and improves the H 2 evolution activity.
Topics & Concepts
Shell (structure)PhotocatalysisElectronWater splittingAtomic physicsElectron shellMaterials scienceCore (optical fiber)ChemistryNanotechnologyCrystallographyPhysicsCatalysisIonNuclear physicsIonizationOrganic chemistryComposite materialBiochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCopper-based nanomaterials and applications