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Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of Iron Disilicide/SiC Composite Powder

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Semiconducting iron disilicide (β-FeSi2) island grains of 50-100 nanometers in size were formed on the surface of Au-coated 3C-SiC powder by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. On the surface of 3C-SiC powder, the Au-Si liquidus phase was obtained via a Au-Si eutectic reaction, which contributed to the formation of the β-FeSi2 island grains. This β-FeSi2/SiC composite powder could evolve hydrogen (H2) from methyl-alcohol aqueous solution under irradiation of visible light with wavelengths of 420-650 nm.

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  1. Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center, Kanagawa, 705-1 Shimoimaizumi, 243-0435, Ebina, Japan

    Kensuke Akiyama, Yuu Motoizumi, Tetsuya Okuda & Yoshihisa Matsumoto

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering School, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 4259 Nagatsuta, 226-8502, Midori-ku, Japan

    Kensuke Akiyama & Hiroshi Funakubo

  3. Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, 400-8511, Kofu, Japan

    Hiroshi Irie

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Akiyama, K., Motoizumi, Y., Okuda, T. et al. Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of Iron Disilicide/SiC Composite Powder. MRS Advances 2, 471–476 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.221

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