Open AccessShaped Photocatalysts: Surface Activation of Faceted Photocatalyst: When Metal Cocatalyst Determines the Nature of the Facets (Adv. Sci. 11/2015)
Author(s) -
Wang Bin,
Liu Maochang,
Zhou Zhaohui,
Guo Liejin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.388
H-Index - 100
ISSN - 2198-3844
DOI - 10.1002/advs.201570043
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , materials science , metal , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , chemical engineering , catalysis , chemistry , metallurgy , engineering , biochemistry
Surface activation of photocatalysts is central to H 2 production from water via solar photocatalysis. In article number 1500153, M. Liu, L. Guo, and co‐workers show, using shaped Cu 2 WS 4 as model host photocatalyst, that a large percentage of the surface of the photocatalyst can be activated for H 2 evolution by controllably depositing metal nanoparticles with tunable sizes onto targeted crystal facets.