One-step calcination synthesis of WC–Mo2C heterojunction nanoparticles as novel H2-production cocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic activity of TiO2-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

One-step calcination synthesis of WC–Mo2C heterojunction nanoparticles as novel H2-production cocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic activity of TiO2

Published:2021 Issue:22 Volume:11 Page:7307-7315
ISSN:2044-4753
Container-title:Catalysis Science & Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Catal. Sci. Technol.

Author:

Gao Lulu¹,Liu Jinfeng¹,Long Haoyu²,Wang Ping¹²^ORCID,Yu Huogen¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, PR China

2. School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China

Abstract

A WC–Mo2C@C modified-TiO2 (WC–Mo2C@C/TiO2) photocatalyst was prepared by loading WC–Mo2C@C heterojunction nanoparticles on TiO2 surface and its H2-production rate was 90.3, 3.6, and 2.5 times higher than that of TiO2, Mo2C@C/TiO2, and WC@C/TiO2, respectively.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/CY/D1CY01581H

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