Size-selected subnanometer cluster catalysts on semiconductor nanocrystal films for atomic scale insight into photocatalysis.
Nano Lett
; 12(11): 5903-6, 2012 Nov 14.
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ABSTRACT
We introduce size-selected subnanometer cluster catalysts deposited on thin films of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals as a novel platform to obtain atomic scale insight into photocatalytic generation of solar fuels. Using Pt-cluster-decorated CdS nanorod films for photocatalytic hydrogen generation as an example, we determine the minimum amount of catalyst necessary to obtain maximum quantum efficiency of hydrogen generation. Further, we provide evidence for tuning photocatalytic activities by precisely controlling the cluster catalyst size.
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Nano Lett
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2012
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Alemania