Transforming a Compact Disk into a Simple and Cheap Photocatalytic Nanoreactor
Author(s) -
Jordi Sans,
Lluís Soler,
Montserrat Domínguez,
Jordi Llorca
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acs omega
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2470-1343
DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.8b00739
Subject(s) - nanoreactor , photocatalysis , materials science , layer (electronics) , yield (engineering) , nanotechnology , simple (philosophy) , catalysis , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , nanoparticle , philosophy , epistemology
A commercial compact disk has been converted into an effective photocatalytic nanoreactor by depositing a catalyst layer inside the nanochannels by means of an electrophoretic method. The resultant device has been tested for water splitting, obtaining a high yield of hydrogen at an unbeatable low cost.
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