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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water on Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Films Under Solar Light Irradiation

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Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts

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The recent progress in the photocatalytic decomposition of water by visible light-responsive TiO2 (Vis-TiO2) thin film photocatalysts is reviewed here. Special attention is focused on the separate evolution of H2 and O2 from water using Vis-TiO2 thin films prepared by a radio-frequency magnetron sputtering method. These Vis-TiO2 thin films were found to act as efficient photocatalysts for the decomposition of water with the separate evolution of H2 and O2 from H2O under visible or solar light irradiation.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a “Grant-in-Aid for the Creation of Innovations through Business–Academic–Public Sector Cooperation” (No. 13308) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. The authors would like to express sincere thanks for their kind support.

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Kitano, M., Takeuchi, M., Matsuoka, M., Ueshima, M., Anpo, M. (2010). Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water on Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Films Under Solar Light Irradiation. In: Anpo, M., Kamat, P. (eds) Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48444-0_23

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