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Metal‐Organic Framework Templated Synthesis of Fe 2 O 3 /TiO 2 Nanocomposite for Hydrogen Production
Author(s) -
deKrafft Kathryn E.,
Wang Cheng,
Lin Wenbin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201200330
Subject(s) - materials science , nanocomposite , photocatalysis , calcination , hydrogen production , amorphous solid , metal organic framework , oxide , chemical engineering , hydrogen , metal , nanoparticle , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , catalysis , metallurgy , organic chemistry , adsorption , chemistry , engineering
A new metal‐organic framework (MOF)‐templated method has been developed for the synthesis of a metal oxide nanocomposite with interesting photophysical properties. Fe‐containing nanoscale MOFs are coated with amorphous titania, then calcined to produce crystalline Fe 2 O 3 /TiO 2 composite nanoparticles. This material enables photocatalytic hydrogen production from water using visible light, which cannot be achieved by either Fe 2 O 3 or TiO 2 alone or a mixture of the two.