• DocumentCode
    3180096
  • Title

    Solar light active CuO/TiO2 nanobelt photocatalyst for enhanced H2 production

  • Author

    Praveen Kumar, D. ; Shankar, M.V. ; Lakshman Reddy, N. ; Parasuramudu, D. ; Rajarajeswari, D. ; Durga Kumari, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Nanotechnol., Yogi Vemana Univ., Kadapa, India
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    24-26 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    440
  • Lastpage
    442
  • Abstract
    The best strategy for clean H2 production is development of efficient photocatalyst systems for water splitting into H2 and O2 gases. Copper oxide deposited on 1-D TiO2 nanobelts (TB) tested for photocatalytic water splitting in the presence of glycerol as scavenger under natural solar light irradiation. The influence of amount of Cu-loading and effect of calcination temperature on rate of H2 production is revealed. The preliminary results evidenced that enhanced photocatalytic activity of CuO/TB (CTB) and showed 5 folds higher amount of H2 production than TiO2 nanoparticles. This high activity is attributed to synergic function of TiO2 nanobelts and CuO as well.
  • Keywords
    calcination; catalysis; copper compounds; photochemistry; titanium compounds; CuO-TiO2; calcination; copper oxide; glycerol; hydrogen production; nanobelt photocatalyst; natural solar light irradiation; photocatalytic water splitting; Gold; Nanostructures; Photocatalysis; hydrogen; nanocomposite; water splitting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Nanomaterials and Emerging Engineering Technologies (ICANMEET), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1377-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICANMEET.2013.6609339
  • Filename
    6609339
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3180096