Improved photo-catalytic activity of single-crystalline TiO2 nanowires surrounded by Pt cube nanoparticles

Jae-Kyung Oh; Young-Woo Lee; Kyung-Won Park

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.19, No.4, 1391-1394, July, 2013

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.01.001 Export Citation

Improved photo-catalytic activity of single-crystalline TiO2 nanowires surrounded by Pt cube nanoparticles

Jae-Kyung Oh, Young-Woo Lee, and Kyung-Won Park^†

Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743, South Korea

E-mail:

We report improved photo-catalytic properties of single-crystalline TiO2 nanowires surrounded by Pt cubes for methanol electrooxidation under UV illumination. The TiO2-Pt consists of single-crystalline TiO2 nanowires grown along [0 0 1] direction and Pt cube nanoparticles with dominantly exposed {1 0 0} facets confirmed by transmission electron microscopy images and fast Fourier transform patterns. The nanostructure electrode consisting of TiO2 nanowires and Pt cubes exhibits a remarkably improved performance for methanol electrooxidation in acid solution as compared to that of TiO2 nanowires.

Keywords:Composite materials;Nanostructures;Photo-catalytic properties;Methanol oxidation

[References]

Viriya-empikul N, Charinpanitkul T, Sano N, Soottitantawat A, Kikuchi T, Faungnawakij K, Tanthapanichakoon W, Mater. Chem. Phys., 118(1), 254 (2009)
Wu WY, Chang YM, Ting JM, Crystal Growth and Design., 10, 1646 (2010)
Buddee S, Wongnawa S, Sirimahachai U, Puetpaibool W, Mater. Chem. Phys., 126(1-2), 167 (2011)
Segovia P, Purdie D, Hengsberger M, Nature., 402, 504 (1999)
Nair AS, Shengyuan Y, Peining Z, Ramakrishna S, Chemical Communications., 46, 7421 (2010)
Hornbaker DJ, Kahng SJ, Misra S, Smith BW, Johnson AT, Mele EJ, Luzzi DE, Yazdani A, Science., 295, 828 (2002)
Hochbaum AI, Yang PD, Chem. Rev., 110(1), 527 (2010)
Liu B, Aydil ES, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(11), 3985 (2009)
Bavykin DV, Friedrich JM, Walsh FC, Adv. Mater., 18(21), 2807 (2006)
Kumar A, Madaria AR, Zhou CW, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 114, 7787 (2010)
Li YM, Lv XJ, Li JH, Applied Physics Letters., 95, 113102 (2009)
Mohammadpour A, Waghmare PR, Mitra SK, Shankar K, ACS Nano., 4, 7421 (2010)
Li J, Wan W, Zhou HH, Li JJ, Xu DS, Chemical Communications., 47, 3439 (2011)
Wang YF, Wu MY, Zhang WF, Electrochim. Acta, 53(27), 7863 (2008)
Hong ZS, Wei MD, Lan TB, Jiang L, Cao GZ, Energy and Environmental Science., 5, 5408 (2012)
Tian ZRR, Voigt JA, Liu J, McKenzie B, Xu HF, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(41), 12384 (2003)
Kang SH, Choi SH, Kang MS, Kim JY, Kim HS, Hyeon T, Sung YE, Adv. Mater., 20(1), 54 (2008)
Law M, Greene LE, Johnson JC, Saykally R, Yang PD, Nat. Mater., 4(6), 455 (2005)
Li WJ, Shi EW, Yin ZW, J. Cryst. Growth, 208(1-4), 546 (2000)
Habas SE, Lee H, Radmilovic V, Somorjai GA, Yang P, Nat. Mater., 6(9), 692 (2007)
Piao Y, Jang Y, Shokouhimehr M, Lee IS, Small., 3, 255 (2007)
Lee YW, Han SB, Kim DY, Park KW, Chemical Communications., 47, 6296 (2011)
Ma C, Dong W, Fang L, Zheng FG, Shen MR, Wang ZL, Thin Solid Films, 520(17), 5727 (2012)
Zhang H, Zhou W, Du Y, Yang P, Wang C, Xu J, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy., 35, 13290 (2010)
Han SB, Song YJ, Lee JM, Kim JY, Park KW, Electrochemistry Communications., 10, 1044 (2008)

[Referenced By]

[Related Articles]

[1] Viriya-empikul N, Charinpanitkul T, Sano N, Soottitantawat A, Kikuchi T, Faungnawakij K, Tanthapanichakoon W, Mater. Chem. Phys., 118(1), 254 (2009)

[2] Wu WY, Chang YM, Ting JM, Crystal Growth and Design., 10, 1646 (2010)

[3] Buddee S, Wongnawa S, Sirimahachai U, Puetpaibool W, Mater. Chem. Phys., 126(1-2), 167 (2011)

[4] Segovia P, Purdie D, Hengsberger M, Nature., 402, 504 (1999)

[5] Nair AS, Shengyuan Y, Peining Z, Ramakrishna S, Chemical Communications., 46, 7421 (2010)

[6] Hornbaker DJ, Kahng SJ, Misra S, Smith BW, Johnson AT, Mele EJ, Luzzi DE, Yazdani A, Science., 295, 828 (2002)

[7] Hochbaum AI, Yang PD, Chem. Rev., 110(1), 527 (2010)

[8] Liu B, Aydil ES, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(11), 3985 (2009)

[9] Bavykin DV, Friedrich JM, Walsh FC, Adv. Mater., 18(21), 2807 (2006)

[10] Kumar A, Madaria AR, Zhou CW, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 114, 7787 (2010)

[11] Li YM, Lv XJ, Li JH, Applied Physics Letters., 95, 113102 (2009)

[12] Mohammadpour A, Waghmare PR, Mitra SK, Shankar K, ACS Nano., 4, 7421 (2010)

[13] Li J, Wan W, Zhou HH, Li JJ, Xu DS, Chemical Communications., 47, 3439 (2011)

[14] Wang YF, Wu MY, Zhang WF, Electrochim. Acta, 53(27), 7863 (2008)

[15] Hong ZS, Wei MD, Lan TB, Jiang L, Cao GZ, Energy and Environmental Science., 5, 5408 (2012)

[16] Tian ZRR, Voigt JA, Liu J, McKenzie B, Xu HF, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(41), 12384 (2003)

[17] Kang SH, Choi SH, Kang MS, Kim JY, Kim HS, Hyeon T, Sung YE, Adv. Mater., 20(1), 54 (2008)

[18] Law M, Greene LE, Johnson JC, Saykally R, Yang PD, Nat. Mater., 4(6), 455 (2005)

[19] Li WJ, Shi EW, Yin ZW, J. Cryst. Growth, 208(1-4), 546 (2000)

[20] Habas SE, Lee H, Radmilovic V, Somorjai GA, Yang P, Nat. Mater., 6(9), 692 (2007)

[21] Piao Y, Jang Y, Shokouhimehr M, Lee IS, Small., 3, 255 (2007)

[22] Lee YW, Han SB, Kim DY, Park KW, Chemical Communications., 47, 6296 (2011)

[23] Ma C, Dong W, Fang L, Zheng FG, Shen MR, Wang ZL, Thin Solid Films, 520(17), 5727 (2012)

[24] Zhang H, Zhou W, Du Y, Yang P, Wang C, Xu J, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy., 35, 13290 (2010)

[25] Han SB, Song YJ, Lee JM, Kim JY, Park KW, Electrochemistry Communications., 10, 1044 (2008)