Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water by niobate single molecular sheets and ensemblesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04726e

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...

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Main Authors Nakagawa, Keizo, Jia, Tiantian, Zheng, Weiran, Fairclough, Simon Michael, Katoh, Masahiro, Sugiyama, Shigeru, Edman Tsang, Shik Chi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.10.2014
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Summary: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 other colloids and facilitates their extensive electronic interactions and thus photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity from water is much enhanced over composite of single niobate sheets with graphene and MoS 2 due to efficient electron transfer and charge separation. 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.
Bibliography:10.1039/c4cc04726e
Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c4cc04726e