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Hydrothermally synthesized highly dispersed Na2Ti3O7 nanotubes and their photocatalytic degradation and H2 evolution activity under UV and simulated solar light irradiation

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Photocatalytic water splitting technologies are currently being considered for alternative energy sources. However, the strong demand for a high H2 production rate will present conflicting requirements of excellent photoactivity and low-cost photocatalysts. The first alternative may be abundant nanostructured titanate-related materials as a photocatalyst. Here, we report highly dispersed Na2Ti3O7 nanotubes synthesized via a facile hydrothermal route for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) and the water splitting under UV-visible light irradiation. Compared with commercial TiO2, the nanostructured Na2Ti3O7 demonstrated excellent photodegradation and water splitting performance, thus addressing the need for low-cost photocatalysts. The as-synthesized Na2Ti3O7 nanotubes exhibited desirable photodegradation, and rate of H2 production was 1,755 μmol·g−1·h−1 and 1,130 μmol·g−1·h−1 under UV and simulated solar light irradiation, respectively; the resulting as-synthesized Na2Ti3O7 nanotubes are active in UV light than that of visible light response.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Korea

    S. V. Prabhakar Vattikuti & Jaesool Shim

  2. School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Korea

    Police Anil Kumar Reddy & Chan Byon

  3. Department of Material Science and Engineering, IIT Gandhi Nagar, Ahmedabad, India

    Narendra Bandaru

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Vattikuti, S.V.P., Reddy, P.A.K., Bandaru, N. et al. Hydrothermally synthesized highly dispersed Na2Ti3O7 nanotubes and their photocatalytic degradation and H2 evolution activity under UV and simulated solar light irradiation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 35, 1019–1025 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-017-0355-z

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