Synergetic promotion of the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by gold deposition under UV-visible light irradiation

Junqing Yan; Guangjun Wu; Naijia Guan; Landong Li

doi:10.1039/c3cc46832a

Synergetic promotion of the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by gold deposition under UV-visible light irradiation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Dec 28;49(100):11767-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc46832a.

Authors

Junqing Yan¹, Guangjun Wu, Naijia Guan, Landong Li

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China. [email protected].

PMID: 24202636
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46832a

Abstract

Under UV-visible light irradiation, multiple synergetic promotion effects on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by gold deposition can be observed, and plasmonic Au/TiO2 shows great potential for photocatalytic solar conversion.