Single Atoms in Photocatalysis: Low Loading Is Good Enough!

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15640%2F23%3A73622715" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15640/23:73622715 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02801" target="_blank" >https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02801</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02801" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02801</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Single Atoms in Photocatalysis: Low Loading Is Good Enough!
Original language description
We disperse Pt single atoms (SAs) with different loading densities on anatase TiO2 thin films and evaluate the photocatalytic H-2 generation as a function of the incident light intensity. We show that under common illumination intensities (such as terrestrial solar illumination), a minuscule Pt SA loading of similar to 10(5) atoms mu m(-2) (surface Pt content similar to 0.1 at.%) is sufficient to achieve a maximized H-2 production rate. This results in a maximum turnover frequency at a single Pt atom site of similar to 300 H-2 molecules s(-1). For a vast majority of illumination conditions and a suitable surface configuration, it is not the density of co-catalytic sites that is rate-determining (a high loading is not needed!), but the charge carrier generation (and flux of photoelectrons to the co-catalytic centers) determines the overall reaction rate. This is in stark contrast to SA catalysis of classic chemical reactions where generally a maximum loading of reactive SA delivers a maximum activity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
21002 - Nano-processes (applications on nano-scale); (biomaterials to be 2.9)

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000416" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000416: Advanced Hybrid Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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