Facile Synthesis of Gram-Scale Mesoporous Ag/TiO<sub>2</sub> Photocatalysts for Pharmaceutical Water Pollutant Removal and Green Hydrogen Generation
Yassine Cherif, Hajer Azzi, Kishore Sridharan, Seulgi Ji, Heechae Choi, Michael G. Allan, Sihem Benaissa, Karima Saidi‐Bendahou, Lois Damptey, Camila Silva Ribeiro, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Sanjay Nagarajan, M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer, Moritz F. Kuehnel, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu
Abstract
and lowered surface reaction energy barrier for water pollutant oxidation. This work opens new opportunities for exploiting tandem photocatalytic routes beyond water splitting and understanding the simultaneous reactions in metal-doped metal oxide photocatalyst systems under natural sunlight.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisMaterials scienceAnataseMesoporous materialWater splittingChemical engineeringNonmetalOxideNanoparticleHydrogen productionNanotechnologyBand gapHydrogenMetalCatalysisChemistryOrganic chemistryMetallurgyOptoelectronicsEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells