Light-Induced Agglomeration of Single-Atom Platinum in PhotocatalysisShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, E-ISSN 1521-4095, Vol. 35, no 5, article id 2206569Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
With recent advances in the field of single-atoms (SAs) used in photocatalysis, an unprecedented performance of atomically dispersed co-catalysts has been achieved. However, the stability and agglomeration of SA co-catalysts on the semiconductor surface may represent a critical issue in potential applications. Here, the photoinduced destabilization of Pt SAs on the benchmark photocatalyst, TiO2, is described. In aqueous solutions within illumination timescales ranging from few minutes to several hours, light-induced agglomeration of Pt SAs to ensembles (dimers, multimers) and finally nanoparticles takes place. The kinetics critically depends on the presence of sacrificial hole scavengers and the used light intensity. Density-functional theory calculations attribute the light induced destabilization of the SA Pt species to binding of surface-coordinated Pt with solution-hydrogen (adsorbed H atoms), which consequently weakens the Pt SA bonding to the TiO2 surface. Despite the gradual aggregation of Pt SAs into surface clusters and their overall reduction to metallic state, which involves >90% of Pt SAs, the overall photocatalytic H2 evolution remains virtually unaffected.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley , 2023. Vol. 35, no 5, article id 2206569
Keywords [en]
H evolution 2, photocatalysis, Pt, single-atom catalysis, TiO 2
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-328708DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206569ISI: 000899805400001PubMedID: 36373557Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85144272217OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-328708DiVA, id: diva2:1766986
Note
QC 20230613
2023-06-132023-06-132023-06-13Bibliographically approved