Issue 23, 2014
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Chemical Communications

A photofuel cell comprising titanium oxide and silver(i/0) photocatalysts for use of acidic water as a fuel†

Yuta Ogura,a   Seiji Okamoto,a   Takaomi Itoi,b   Yukiko Fujishima,ac   Yusuke Yoshidaa  and  Yasuo Izumi*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Yayoi 1-33, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
E-mail: yizumi@faculty.chiba-u.jp
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Tel: +81-43-290-3696

b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoi 1-33, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

c Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8601, Japan

Abstract

A photofuel cell comprising two photocatalysts TiO2 and Ag–TiO2 is demonstrated. The open circuit voltage, short circuit current, and maximum electric power of the PFC were 1.59 V, 74 μA, and 14 μW, respectively. The electron flow was rectified due to the Schottky barrier between TiO2 and Ag nanoparticles.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC00194J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Jan 2014
Accepted
04 Feb 2014
First published
04 Feb 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3067-3070

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A photofuel cell comprising titanium oxide and silver(I/0) photocatalysts for use of acidic water as a fuel

Y. Ogura, S. Okamoto, T. Itoi, Y. Fujishima, Y. Yoshida and Y. Izumi, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3067 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00194J

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