A three-way synergy of triple-modified Bi2WO6/Ag/N–TiO2 nanojunction film for enhanced photogenerated charges utilization

Qing Chi Xu; Yun Hau Ng; Yan Zhang; Joachim Say Chye Loo; Rose Amal; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan

doi:10.1039/C1CC13159A

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A three-way synergy of triple-modified Bi₂WO₆/Ag/N–TiO₂ nanojunction film for enhanced photogenerated charges utilization†

Qing Chi Xu,^a Yun Hau Ng,^b Yan Zhang,^a Joachim Say Chye Loo,^c Rose Amal*^b and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*^a

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^a Solar Fuels Lab, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459
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^b ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
E-mail: r.amal@unsw.edu.au

^c Solar Fuels Lab, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798

Abstract

We demonstrate a general strategy to prepare Bi₂WO₆/Ag/N–TiO₂ film with double visible-light-active components bridged by Ag nanoparticles as an electron shuttle, which exhibits enhanced photocatalytic activity and photoelectrochemical performance under visible light.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC13159A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 28 May 2011
Accepted: 19 Jun 2011
First published: 01 Jul 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8641-8643

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A three-way synergy of triple-modified Bi₂WO₆/Ag/N–TiO₂ nanojunction film for enhanced photogenerated charges utilization

Q. C. Xu, Y. H. Ng, Y. Zhang, J. S. C. Loo, R. Amal and T. T. Y. Tan, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8641 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13159A

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