Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water by niobate single molecular sheets and ensembles

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 50; no. 89; pp. 13702 - 13705
• Main Authors: Nakagawa, Keizo, Jia, Tiantian, Zheng, Weiran, Fairclough, Simon Michael, Katoh, Masahiro, Sugiyama, Shigeru, Tsang, Shik Chi Edman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Electronics; Graphene; Hydrogen evolution; Niobates; Photocatalysis; Self assembly; Sheets; Structural stability

We report single molecular sheets of niobate prepared by a simple bottom-up approach using hydrothermal synthesis of niobium ethoxide with the aid of triethanolamine as a structural modifier: the high kinetic stability of these molecular entities against self-assembly allows them to mix well with ot...