A scalable and thin film approach for solar hydrogen generation: a review on enhanced photocatalytic water splitting

CS Gopinath, N Nalajala - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Although nearly five decades of efforts have gone into solar water splitting (SWS), still
success eludes and there is no big breakthrough till date. While huge importance is given …

Synergetic effect of Ni-Au bimetal nanoparticles on urchin-like TiO2 for hydrogen and arabinose co-production by glucose photoreforming

M Eqi, C Shi, J Xie, F Kang, H Qi, X Tan… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2023 - Springer
Biomass photoreforming is a prospective and attractive strategy to kill two birds with one
stone for not only producing hydrogen (H2) but also valorizing biomass by exploiting infinite …

Recent developments in solar H2 generation from water splitting

S Rajaambal, K Sivaranjani, CS Gopinath - Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water and sunlight through photocatalysis could become one of
the channels, in the not-so-distant future, to meet a part of ever growing energy demands …

M–Au/TiO 2 (M= Ag, Pd, and Pt) nanophotocatalyst for overall solar water splitting: role of interfaces

AA Melvin, K Illath, T Das, T Raja, S Bhattacharyya… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
M–Au/TiO2 (M= Ag, Pd, Pt) composites were prepared through a facile one-pot
photodeposition synthesis and evaluated for solar water splitting (SWS) with and without a …

Extending the π-electron conjugation in 2D planar graphitic carbon nitride: efficient charge separation for overall water splitting

S Bellamkonda, R Shanmugam… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report direct overall pure water splitting by visible light excited graphitic carbon nitride
incorporated with conjugated aromatic rings without using sacrificial agents. We fabricated …

Bimetallic and Plasmonic Ag–Au on TiO2 for Solar Water Splitting: An Active Nanocomposite for Entire Visible‐Light‐Region Absorption

KK Patra, CS Gopinath - ChemCatChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The current study demonstrates a potential method for maximum utilization of the entire
visible light region of the solar spectrum by designing a plasmonic‐metals semiconductor …

Why the thin film form of a photocatalyst is better than the particulate form for direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion: a poor man's approach

N Nalajala, KK Patra, PA Bharad, CS Gopinath - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrated an easy method to improve the efficiency of photocatalysts by an order of
magnitude by maximizing light absorption and charge carrier diffusion. Degussa titania …

Ambient Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol by Photocatalysis on Au/Ti0.98V0.02O2: Role of Holes

P Devaraji, NK Sathu, CS Gopinath - Acs Catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
A potential photocatalyst with 2 atom% vanadium incorporated into the lattice of disordered
mesoporous titania, Ti0. 98V0. 02O2,(TV2) was synthesized. Au was deposited on TV2 …

A Study on Doped Heterojunctions in TiO2 Nanotubes: An Efficient Photocatalyst for Solar Water Splitting

LK Preethi, RP Antony, T Mathews, L Walczak… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The two important factors that affect sunlight assisted water splitting ability of TiO2 are its
charge recombination and large band gap. We report the first demonstration of nitrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of visible-light photoactivity by polypropylene coated plasmonic Au/TiO2 for dye degradation in water solution

CA D'amato, R Giovannetti, M Zannotti… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new approach to obtain a heterogeneous photocatalytic material with gold nanoparticles
and TiO 2 semiconductor was performed exploiting the reducing ability of acetylacetone, a …