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Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution: Controlled Dewetting–Dealloying to Fabricate Site‐Selective High‐Activity Nanoporous Au Particles on Highly Ordered TiO2 Nanotube Arrays
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Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution: Controlled Dewetting–Dealloying to Fabricate Site‐Selective High‐Activity Nanoporous Au Particles on Highly Ordered TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

Nhat Truong Nguyen, Marco Altomare, JeongEun Yoo and Patrik Schmuki
Advanced materials (Weinheim), Vol.27(20), pp.3208-3215
27/05/2015
PMID: 25872758

Abstract

anodization dealloying dewetting photocatalysis TiO2 nanotubes
Anodic self‐organized TiO2 nanostumps are formed and exploited for self‐ordering dewetting of Au–Ag sputtered films. This forms ordered particle configurations at the tube top (crown position) or bottom (ground position). By dealloying from a minimal amount of noble metal, porous Au nanoparticles are then formed, which, when in the crown position, allow for a drastically improved photocatalytic H2 production compared with nanoparticles produced by conventional dewetting processes.

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