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Hydrogen Generation From water/methanol Under Visible Light Using Aerogel Prepared Strontium Titanate (SrTiO3) Nanomaterials Doped With Ruthenium and Rhodium Metals

Hydrogen Generation From water/methanol Under Visible Light Using Aerogel Prepared Strontium Titanate (SrTiO3) Nanomaterials Doped With Ruthenium and Rhodium Metals

Yenting Kuo, Kenneth J Klabunde

Nanotechnology. 2012 Jul 27;23(29):294001.

PMID: 22743334

Abstract:

Nanostructured strontium titanate visible-light-driven photocatalysts containing rhodium and ruthenium were synthesized by a modified aerogel synthesis using ruthenium chloride and rhodium nitrate as dopant precursors, and titanium isopropoxide and strontium metal as the metal sources. The well-defined crystalline SrTiO(3) structure was confirmed by means of x-ray diffraction. After calcination at 500 °C, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy shows an increase in light absorption at 370 nm due to the presence of Rh(3 + ); however an increase of the calcination temperature to 600 °C led to a decrease in intensity, probably due to a loss of surface area. An increase in the rhodium doping level also led to an increase in absorption at 370 nm; however, the higher amounts of dopant lowered the photocatalytic activity. The modified aerogel synthesis allows greatly enhanced H(2) production performance from an aqueous methanol solution under visible light irradiation compared with lower surface area conventional materials. We believe that this enhanced activity is due to the higher surface areas while high quality nanocrystalline materials are still obtained. Furthermore, the surface properties of these nanocrystalline aerogel materials are different, as exhibited by the higher activities in alkaline solutions, while conventional materials (obtained via high temperature solid-state synthesis methods) only exhibit reasonable hydrogen production in acidic solutions. Moreover, an aerogel synthesis approach gives the possibility of thin-film formation and ease of incorporation into practical solar devices.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP88863336	Strontium isopropoxide		88863-33-6	Price

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