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Preparation and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of NiO(CoO)/N-SrTiO3
Heterojunction Complex Catalyst under Simulated Sunlight Irradiation
1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang 414006, China; 2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Received date: 2008-10-24
Revised date: 2008-12-20
Online published: 2009-07-20
Nitrogen doped SrTiO3 was prepared by solid phase method, and NiO(CoO)/N-SrTiO3 heterojunction complex catalysts with different NiO or CoO loading contents were further obtained via impregnation-hydrogen reduction method. The as-obtained photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, UV-Vis DRS and Fluorescence spectrum techniques. The photocatalytic hydrogen generation activity and the variation laws under simulated sunlight irradiation were investigated. The effect of different treatment methods of loading NiO on hydrogen generation activity of nitrogen doped SrTiO3 was also studied. The results demonstrate that the photocatalytic activity of the oxides loaded complex catalyst treated by hydrogen reduction firstly and then oxidation is higher than that of the oxides loaded complex catalyst treated by direct oxidation. Comparing with the single catalysts, the asprepared NiO/N-SrTiO3, CoO/N-SrTiO3 complex photocatalysts exhibit higher photocatalytic hydrogen generation activity under simulated sunlight irradiation. The optimal photocatalytic activity of hydrogen production is achieved when the loaded mass percentage is 1.0wt%, 0.5wt% respectively and the amount of hydrogen within 6h is 4.2, 4.9 times more than that of unloaded samples. The reason is that the heterojunction structure formed at the interface of two phases can act as the convenient unilateralism channel for the transfer of photogenerated electrons and holes in the process of photocatalytic reaction after loading the metal oxides, leading to the effective separation of photogenerated carriers, so as to enhance the photocatalytic activity of catalysts.
Key words: N-SrTiO3; load; heterojunction; simulated light; hydrogen production
YAN Jian-Hui
,
ZHANG Li
,
ZHU Yi-Rong
,
TANG You-Gen
,
YANG Hai-Hua
. Preparation and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of NiO(CoO)/N-SrTiO3
Heterojunction Complex Catalyst under Simulated Sunlight Irradiation[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2009
, 24(4)
: 666
-670
.
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2009.00666
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