TY - JOUR
T1 - Z-scheme water splitting by microspherical Rh-doped SrTiO3 photocatalysts prepared by a spray drying method
AU - Duong, Hong Phong
AU - Mashiyama, Takahiro
AU - Kobayashi, Makoto
AU - Iwase, Akihide
AU - Kudo, Akihiko
AU - Asakura, Yusuke
AU - Yin, Shu
AU - Kakihana, Masato
AU - Kato, Hideki
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partly supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (Grant Number JP16H04186) , Joint Usage/Research Center Program of “Photocatalysis International Research Center” at Tokyo University of Science, and “Dynamic Alliance for Open Innovation Bridging Human, Environment and Materials” in “Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices”
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/9/5
Y1 - 2019/9/5
N2 - Microspherical particles of Rh-doped SrTiO3 (SrTiO3:Rh) having size of 1–2 μm were synthesized by a spray drying (SD) method employing a water-soluble ammonium trilactatotitanate. When the calcination temperature increased up to 1200 °C, primary particles grew significantly while the microspherical morphology of the secondary particles was kept. Dynamic light scattering analysis proved well-dispersive nature of the SD sample. Photocatalytic activities of SrTiO3:Rh synthesized by the SD method, solid state reaction (SSR), and a polymerizable complex (PC) method were evaluated for H2 evolution using an electron donor such as methanol, Fe2+, or [Co(bpy)3]2+ and Z-scheme water splitting combined with BiVO4 of an O2-evolving photocatalyst and either Fe3+/2+, [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+, or reduced graphene oxide as an electron mediator. SrTiO3:Rh prepared by the SD method showed much higher activities for all Z-scheme water splitting than the samples synthesized by the SSR method. Activities of the SD sample for Z-scheme water splitting using electron shuttles, Fe3+/2+ and [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+, were slightly higher or comparable to those of the PC sample whereas the SD sample achieved higher activity in Z-scheme water splitting based on interparticle electron transfer. In addition, even when the mass of SrTiO3:Rh used for the Z-scheme system with Fe3+/2+ was decreased from 50 mg to 30 mg, the SD sample still showed high activity while the activity decreased for the SSR and PC samples. Thus, usefulness of the SD method to obtain highly active SrTiO3:Rh with well-dispersive nature has been demonstrated.
AB - Microspherical particles of Rh-doped SrTiO3 (SrTiO3:Rh) having size of 1–2 μm were synthesized by a spray drying (SD) method employing a water-soluble ammonium trilactatotitanate. When the calcination temperature increased up to 1200 °C, primary particles grew significantly while the microspherical morphology of the secondary particles was kept. Dynamic light scattering analysis proved well-dispersive nature of the SD sample. Photocatalytic activities of SrTiO3:Rh synthesized by the SD method, solid state reaction (SSR), and a polymerizable complex (PC) method were evaluated for H2 evolution using an electron donor such as methanol, Fe2+, or [Co(bpy)3]2+ and Z-scheme water splitting combined with BiVO4 of an O2-evolving photocatalyst and either Fe3+/2+, [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+, or reduced graphene oxide as an electron mediator. SrTiO3:Rh prepared by the SD method showed much higher activities for all Z-scheme water splitting than the samples synthesized by the SSR method. Activities of the SD sample for Z-scheme water splitting using electron shuttles, Fe3+/2+ and [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+, were slightly higher or comparable to those of the PC sample whereas the SD sample achieved higher activity in Z-scheme water splitting based on interparticle electron transfer. In addition, even when the mass of SrTiO3:Rh used for the Z-scheme system with Fe3+/2+ was decreased from 50 mg to 30 mg, the SD sample still showed high activity while the activity decreased for the SSR and PC samples. Thus, usefulness of the SD method to obtain highly active SrTiO3:Rh with well-dispersive nature has been demonstrated.
KW - Dispersibility
KW - Electron mediator
KW - Photocatalyst
KW - Visible light
KW - Water splitting
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.04.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064320093
SN - 0926-3373
VL - 252
SP - 222
EP - 229
JO - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
JF - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
ER -
