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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 38, Issue 15, Pages 6323-6334Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.03.048
Keywords
Photocatalyst; Hydrogen production; Visible light; Spray pyrolysis; Induction period
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2012R1A1B3003889]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012R1A1B3003889] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Photocatalysts of Na1-xLaxTa1-xCrxO3 and NaTa1-xCrxO3 were prepared by spray pyrolysis from aqueous and polymeric precursor solution. Apart from the contribution of La3+ ions co-doped into NaTa1-xCrxO3 on the BET surface area and the surface morphology by preventing crystal growth, this co-doping contributed to the increased Cr3+ concentration by partially tuning the electron configuration from A(+)B(5+)O(3) to (A(+)A'(3+))(2+)(B5+B'(3+))O-4+(3) in the lattice of the photocatalyst. Na1-xLaxTa1-xCrxO3 prepared from polymeric precursor solution reduced the induction period to 33% and enhanced the hydrogen evolution rate 5.6-fold to 1467.5 mu mol g(-1) h(-1) compared with the equivalent values of NaTa1-xCrxO3 prepared from aqueous precursor. The optimum amounts of dopant and additives comprising the polymeric precursor to maximize the hydrogen evolution rate were x = 0.003 and 300 mol%, respectively. Copyright (C) 2013, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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