Volume 126, Issue 48 pp. 13380-13384
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Perovskite Oxide Nanosheets with Tunable Band-Edge Potentials and High Photocatalytic Hydrogen-Evolution Activity

Prof. Dr. Kazuhiko Maeda

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Prof. Dr. Kazuhiko Maeda

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-2 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-2 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)Search for more papers by this author
Dr. Miharu Eguchi

Dr. Miharu Eguchi

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571 (Japan)

Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (Japan), Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012 (Japan)

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Takayoshi Oshima

Takayoshi Oshima

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-2 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)

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First published: 26 September 2014
Citations: 7

We thank Ryouhei Noma, Prof. Kiyotaka Nakajima, and Prof. Michikazu Hara (Tokyo Institute of Technology) for assistance in Raman measurements. This work was supported by the ENEOS Hydrogen Trust Fund, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Project No. 25107512; AnApple), and the PRESTO/JST program “Chemical Conversion of Light Energy”.

Abstract

Perovskite nanosheets of HCa2−xSrxNb3O10 and HCa2Nb3−yTayO10 with controlled band-edge potentials were prepared. They worked as highly efficient heterogeneous photocatalysts for H2 evolution from a water/methanol mixture under band-gap irradiation. The activity was found to depend on the composition. The highest activity was obtained with HCa2Nb2TaO10 nanosheets, recording an apparent quantum yield of approximately 80 % at 300 nm, which is the highest value for a nanosheet-based photocatalyst reported to date.

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