A self-assembled 3D Pt/TiO2 architecture for high-performance photocatalytic hydrogen production†
Abstract
A 3D Pt/TiO2 architecture assembled from 1D nanowires has been designed and successfully prepared by an environmentally-friendly one-pot solvothermal process. The formation mechanism has been investigated and the unique architecture exhibits an excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production rate as high as 13.33 mmol h−1 g−1, the corresponding apparent quantum efficiency reaches 34%.