Highly efficient light-driven hydrogen evolution utilizing porphyrin-based nanoparticles
Vasilis Nikolaou, Eleni Agapaki, Emmanouil Nikoloudakis, Katerina Achilleos, Kalliopi Ladomenou, Georgios Charalambidis, Evitina Triantafyllou, Athanassios G. Coutsolelos
Abstract
Dye-sensitized photocatalytic systems (DSPs) for H 2 evolution were developed, by utilizing porphyrins as photosensitizer–catalyst (PS/CAT) entities onto platinum-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles (Pt-TiO 2 NPs).
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisPorphyrinPlatinum nanoparticlesPhotosensitizerCatalysisNanoparticlePhotochemistryTitanium dioxidePlatinumVisible spectrumMaterials scienceArtificial photosynthesisNanotechnologyChemistryChemical engineeringOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryEngineeringMetallurgyAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells