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Titania Nanotube Derived Titanium Nitride Nano-cluster for Visible Light Driven Water Splitting

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Herein, titanium nitride (TN) nano cluster was synthesized through NH3 nitrification of titania nanotubes. The effect of nitrification temperature on the formation of TN was investigated by characterizations of X-ray diffractometer, Transmission electron microscopy, Diffuse reflectance UV–vis spectra, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, etc. The TN-900, nitrificated at 900 °C, demonstrated high hydrogen (H2) yield in visible light-induced water splitting owing to a narrow energy band gap, unique nano-cluster structure, reasonable surface area and excellent electrical conductivity, which promoted light harvesting, reactant adsorption, and photo-electron–hole separation.

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Titanium nitride (TN) nano-clusters were synthesized through NH3 nitrification of titania nanotubes. The TN-900, nitrificated at 900 °C, exhibited high H2 yield and good recycle usability in visible light-induced water splitting owing to a narrow energy band gap, unique nano-cluster structure, reasonable surface area and excellent electrical conductivity, which promoted light harvesting, reactant adsorption, and photo-electron–hole separation.

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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2015A030313715, 2018A030310134), National Science Foundation of China (No. 21303210) and Science & Technology Plan Project of Guangzhou City (No. 201803030019).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoyang Wang, Liangpeng Wu, Juan Li & Xinjun Li

  2. School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Xu Yang

  3. School of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, People’s Republic of China

    Guanghua Wang

  4. Beijin Daking Eastern Technology Company Limited, Beijing, 101300, People’s Republic of China

    Jianbo Wen

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoyang Wang

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Wang, X., Wu, L., Li, J. et al. Titania Nanotube Derived Titanium Nitride Nano-cluster for Visible Light Driven Water Splitting. Catal Lett 149, 61–68 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2614-y

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